McCormick v. McCormick

This was a claim filed by the appellee, Margaret A. McCormick, against the estate of David McCormick, deceased, for services as housekeeper for the testator, and for nursing, waiting upon, and taking care of the testator’s wife.

There was a special verdict, in substance, as follows: The testator died on the 12th of March, 1889, and the appellant is the executor of his will. The appellee, at the time of the trial, which was about eight months after the death of the testator, was about thirty-eight years of age. For about thirteen years previous to the testator’s death the appellee did the…