Coulston's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 275, Jan. T., 1894, by Annie E. Jarman, claimant, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1892, No. 493, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Jesse C. Coulston, deceased. Adjudication of executor’s account. At the audit, appellant presented a claim for $1,154.19 for domestic services rendered to decedent from March 23, 1887, to Sept. 1, 1890, at six dollars per week.
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Appeal, No. 275, Jan. T., 1894, by Annie E. Jarman, claimant, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1892, No. 493, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Jesse C. Coulston, deceased. Adjudication of executor’s account. At the audit, appellant presented a claim for $1,154.19 for domestic services rendered to decedent from March 23, 1887, to Sept. 1, 1890, at six dollars per week. Claimant’s daughter testified in part as follows: “ We left him September 1, 1890. I heard mother once ask why he did not pay her. He paid her $50.00 about Oct. 19,1889. He paid her $50.00 again after…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
It is so entirely incredible that a domestic servant, having no other means of support but her wages, would or could remain in such service for three and a half years, and receive only one hundred dollars on account of her service, that both the auditing judge and the court in banc rejected the claim of the appellant as being insufficiently proved. The auditing judge heard the witnesses and had the opportunity of observing the manner and character of their testimony. He rejected the claim because the proof in its support failed to make out a prima facie case. In this conclusion he…
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