Swanson v. Wigen

The plaintiff, Mrs. M. L. Swanson, is a resident of Hettinger. There she kept a lodging house. J ames Shay and his wife Eliza Shay lived on a farm some miles south, of Hettinger. They were elderly people and somewhat infirm. During the fall of 1925, James Shay required medical treatment. In order to • obtain it he went to Hettinger. He obtained a room with the plaintiff. Owing to his enfeebled condition the plaintiff also provided him with board and some personal care. He remained there at that time for some five weeks. Thereafter at intervals during the years 1926 and 1927, he again took…