Ulrich v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EBBOB TO THE COUBT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LEBANON COUNTY. No. 226 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 128 March Term 1887, C. P. On February 19, 1887, an action of assumpsit was begun by Henry L. Arnold against Henry Ulrich, Daniel Ulrich, John Fox and Henry L. Arnold, executors of the will of Samuel Ulrich, deceased.
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EBBOB TO THE COUBT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LEBANON COUNTY. No. 226 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 128 March Term 1887, C. P. On February 19, 1887, an action of assumpsit was begun by Henry L. Arnold against Henry Ulrich, Daniel Ulrich, John Fox and Henry L. Arnold, executors of the will of Samuel Ulrich, deceased. At the trial on December 9, 1887, it appeared that Samuel Ulrich, a widower, in 1874 came to Lebanon to reside in the family of the plaintiff, who was his son-in-law. Soon afterward he made a contract that he would pay the plaintiff $10 per month for Ms board and lodging.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Green :
Having read with close attention the whole of the testimony in this case, we are constrained to say, that in our opinion there was no evidence of an express contract for the services of the plaintiff’s wife, and hence there could be no recovery for that part of the plaintiff’s claim. That Arnold had no better claim than his wife, for the value of her services, was ruled distinctly in Patton v. Conn, 114 Pa. 183, and in Houck v. Houck, 99 Pa. 552. In the former of these eases we said: “Although after marriage her services belong to her husband, yet, if the wife under…
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