Porter v. . Dunn
New York Court of Appeals
Cross-appeals from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made October 16,1891, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment, ordered in favor of plaintiff on the report of a referee appointed in a reference under the statute of a claim of James Porter against Patrick H. Kennedy deceased. The referee allowed $7,499.42 with interest from the death of Kennedy.
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Cross-appeals from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made October 16,1891, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment, ordered in favor of plaintiff on the report of a referee appointed in a reference under the statute of a claim of James Porter against Patrick H. Kennedy deceased. The referee allowed $7,499.42 with interest from the death of Kennedy. This amount was reduced by the General Term, by deducting $3,404.28. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The testimony of Mrs. Porter…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
This proceeding was for the determination of a claim, filed by the plaintiff with the executors of the last "will of Patrick H. Kennedy, deceased, for services rendered by plaintiff’s wife to the testator, in the capacity of a nurse, during a certain period of time previous to his death. It being referred under the statute, by agreement, the referee reported in favor of the claimant; allowing him for the value of these services at a rate per week based upon evidence as to what such services were usually worth. Upon appeal from an order of the Special Term confirming the referee’s report and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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