Miller v. Miller

This was an action of indebitatus assumpsit, brought in the Cook county court of common pleas, by Alvina q. Miller against Henry Miller, to recover for services rendered as a domestic servant. The defendant plead non-assumpsit, and accompanied his plea with notice of set-off, and a bill of particulars of the items thereof.

Those items commence in 1839, and end in 1853, and amount to $1,083. They are for board, clothing, nursing and doctor’s bills in sickness, loss of time by absence and sickness, money and sundry articles furnished plaintiff by defendant. The cause was tried by jury, and a…