Barrows v. Dugan's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from tbe disallowance by tbe commissioners on the estate of Boena L. Dugan’s estate of a claim presented by Laura A. Barrows. Declaration, general assumpsit. Plea, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1914, Windsor County, Slack, J., presiding. At tbe conclusion of tbe evidence, both parties agreed that there was no question for tbe jury, and thereupon tbe court rendered judgment disallowing plaintiff’s claim, to which tbe plaintiff excepted.
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Appeal from tbe disallowance by tbe commissioners on the estate of Boena L. Dugan’s estate of a claim presented by Laura A. Barrows. Declaration, general assumpsit. Plea, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1914, Windsor County, Slack, J., presiding. At tbe conclusion of tbe evidence, both parties agreed that there was no question for tbe jury, and thereupon tbe court rendered judgment disallowing plaintiff’s claim, to which tbe plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The claim in question is for services rendered by the claimant in caring for the intestate within her last sickness, under a contract entered into by the latter, whereby she promised to pay therefor. At the time the contract was made and the services performed, the intestate was a married woman, and substantially all the property she then owned was the farm on which she and her husband then lived. She did not hold this real estate to her sole and separate use, and therefore her husband had marital rights therein; nor does the record show that she held any separate property. She died, the…
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