Allison v. Parkinson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Glinton District Court. — Hon. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. ^ROceediNG in probate for tbe proof of a claim against tbe estate of John Parkinson, deceased. There was a trial by jury and a verdict and judgment for tbe plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PobiNSON, C. J".
Tbe plaintiff is tbe daughter of tbe decedent, and seeks to recover eight hundred and ninety-three dollars for board, housekeeping, care, and washing furnished the decedent, and for funeral expenses. The verdict was for the sum of four hundred dollars and judgment was rendered for that amount and costs. The evidence tends to show that the decedent made his home with the plaintiff and her husband during a considerable part of the time, commencing in September, 1890, arid ending in November, 1895, when he died. He was about seventy-five years of age at the time of his death,…
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