Hatch v. Dutch
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion for new trial by the defendant. ■ An action of assumpsit upon an account annexed to recover for services rendered by plaintiff to her father in his house from April 6, 1904 to July 29, 1908, amounting to $1507.13, to which- is added interest amounting to $467.20. Plea- — General issue, with brief statement alleging that plaintiff did not present her claim to the administrator of said estate, nor file same in Probate Court.
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On motion for new trial by the defendant. ■ An action of assumpsit upon an account annexed to recover for services rendered by plaintiff to her father in his house from April 6, 1904 to July 29, 1908, amounting to $1507.13, to which- is added interest amounting to $467.20. Plea- — General issue, with brief statement alleging that plaintiff did not present her claim to the administrator of said estate, nor file same in Probate Court. The jury rendered a verdict for plaintiff for $529.39, and the defendant filed a motion for a new trial. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
The plaintiff recovered a verdict of $529.39 against the estate of her father, Lincoln Hatch, for services rendered by her in his home from April 6, 1904 to July 29, 1908, and the case comes to this Court on the defendant’s motion to have the verdict set aside as against the evidence.
The case shows that in April, 1904, Lincoln Hatch with his wife was living on his small farm in Wells, Maine. He was a carpenter by trade and worked chiefly at that occupation, nevertheless, he did some farming on his place, and kept a horse, three or four cows, and some hens. His six children, consisting of two…
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