Westerfeld v. Stout

SMITH, Chief Justice.

Appellee, as Mrs. Nora Reed, brought this suit against C. C. Westerfeld and others, as heirs of C. W. Westerfeld, deceased, to recover for the value of twenty months’ services rendered by her, as nurse and domestic servant, to said C. W. West-erfeld during his lifetime, and to establish a lien, to secure the debt, upon the assets of his estate, which she alleged, and the record shows, had been received, in bulk, by the several defendants as his heirs at law. She placed the value of her said services at $100 per month, or $2000. During the pendency of her suit she married…