Lounsbury v. Sherwood
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Mary E. Hart Sherwood and another, as executors, etc., of James Hart, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 10th day of June, 1899, upon the report of a referee, and also from an order made at the Westchester Special Term, bearing date the 27th day of May, 1899, and entered in said clerk’s office, confirming said report and awarding costs…
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Appeal by the defendants, Mary E. Hart Sherwood and another, as executors, etc., of James Hart, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 10th day of June, 1899, upon the report of a referee, and also from an order made at the Westchester Special Term, bearing date the 27th day of May, 1899, and entered in said clerk’s office, confirming said report and awarding costs against the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The plaintiff was housekeeper for James Hart from June, 1892, to the time of his death in June, 1897, at the compensation of seventeen dollars per month, and has been fully paid therefor. Por some years prior to Hart’s decease he was afflicted with ulcers and sores on his legs, and during the year preceding his death the plaintiff, at his request, rendered assistance in washing and bandaging his sores, for which he promised to pay her in addition to her remuneration as housekeeper. After his death she received her last month’s wages as housekeeper, giving a receipt in which it…
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