Kippen v. Kippen

Plaintiff sued defendant for services rendered as governess, nurse and housekeeper for the three minor children of defendant. A jury returned a verdict finding the issues against defendant and assessing plaintiff’s damages at the sum of $1,500. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict.

Plaintiff’s verified statement of claim alleges: “1. That at the request of the defendant she rendered services as governess, nurse and housekeeper to the three minor children of the defendant, Josephine, Gerald and Edward, from November 15, 1931 to June 3,1935; that the sum of fifteen dollars…