Slack v. Norton
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Joseph; Yaple, J. Susan E. Slack presented a claim against, the estate of Henry Slack, deceased, for services rendered decedent during his lifetime. The claim was contested by the administrator, John M. Norton, and was disallowed in part, whereupon the claimant appealed to the circuit. From a judgment there for defendant on verdict directed by the court, claimant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
Claimant presented her claim to the commissioners on the estate of Henry Slack, deceased. She claimed $252.50, and was allowed $125. From this she appealed to the circuit court, where, upon a trial before a jury, the court directed verdict in favor of *214the defendant. The claimant is a married woman. In the spring of 1894, she was living at Vicksburg, keeping boarders. Her husband was a traveling salesman, selling fruit trees. The deceased was the father-in-law of the claimant, and was an invalid, and desired to make his home with her. As to the arrangement between the claimant and the…
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