Henry v. Hemstreet

1. As declaratory of the common law, it is provided in Code § 4-103: “Whatever one may do himself may be done by an agent.” The petition as amended alleged that the services of nursing and caring for Mrs. Doseher were rendered by the plaintiff, through her agents, Louise Thomas and Clara Watkins. “In the normal course of human affairs where one person renders a service valuable to another which is accepted by the latter, he does so either under an express or implied promise of the recipient of such service to pay for the service, or the service is rendered gratuitously. Among members of a…