Campbell v. Campbell
New York Supreme Court
A PPBAL, by the defendant, from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought to recover the value of services rendered by the plaintiff and his wife, and for money received by the defendant of the plaintiff. The claim was for services from 1843 to 1862, but the referee found only for the value of the services rendered from 1856 to 1862, the action being commenced in the latter year.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Qourt, Mullin', J. '
On the facts found by the referee the judgment cannot be sustained. Those findings are, in substance, that after the plaintiff came of age, he agreed with the defendant, his father, to remain at home and work on the farm, and the defendant promised that he would pay the plaintiff therefor, and would give him a share of his farm. Under this arrangement the plaintiff remained with, and worked for the defendant, from February, 1843, till March, 1859.
In April, 1860, the plaintiff again resumed work for the defendant, under the promise and arrangement that he should work…
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