Little v. DAWSON

4 U.S. 111 (____)

4 Dall. 111

Little

versus

Dawson et al. Executors of Jones.

Supreme Court of United States.

For the Plaintiff, Rawle.

For the Defendant, Sergeant and Roberts.

The COURT, in the charge to the jury, stated, that it was in full proof, that the plaintiff had served the testator, with great diligence, for a period exceeding eleven years, on which two questions arose: 1st. Was she entitled to any compensation? 2d. Had she received a compensation? As to the first, it was RULED, that if the services were rendered merely in expectation of a legacy, without any contract, express or implied,…