Orr v. Jason

This was an action by Mary Orr, the wife of William T. Orr, against her mother, Magdalena Jason, as administratrix of the estate of her father, John Jason.

The suit was brought by appellant to recover §3,000, claimed to have been an amount agreed upon and fixed as compensation for some twelve and a half years’ labor by appellant for her father in his lifetime, after she , became of age. The defense was that she continued with her father after she became of age as before, and that the relation of debtor and creditor never existed. There was also a plea that the cause of action did not accrue…