Graham v. Stanton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover for services rendered by the plaintiff to John Stanton, the defendant’s intestate. Writ dated December 24, 1896. The declaration contained three counts. The first count was upon an account annexed.
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Contract, to recover for services rendered by the plaintiff to John Stanton, the defendant’s intestate. Writ dated December 24, 1896. The declaration contained three counts. The first count was upon an account annexed. The first four items were for services rendered from April 23, 1870, to April 18, 1884, amounting to $4,592.80. The next three items were for services from 1890 to November 26, 1893, including one charge for board, and amounting to $114.75. The remaining items were credits for board and clothing furnished to the plaintiff from April 23, 1870, to April 18, 1884, amounting to…
1Opinion of the Court
Holmes, O. J.
This is an action to recover for services rendered by the plaintiff in the household of John Stanton, the defendant’s intestate, from the time that she entered it, a little girl eight years old, in 1870, until 1884, and later between 1890 and 1893. Stanton took the plaintiff from an orphan’s home and treated and spoke of her as his adopted daughter. She received her support and was sent to school, and did domestic work in return. At eighteen she married, but for three years she kept on without change. Then she moved into the next house, but performed services from time to time…
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