Jordan v. Stevens
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Suit in Equity, submitted on bill, answers and proofs. The case was argued in writing by
1Opinion of the Court
The facts in the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court, which was drawn up by
Davis, J.
Jonathan Stevens, the father of the parties to this suit, died in November, 1857, leaving personal property valued at about $8000, and real estate worth nearly $5000. The plaintiff, being a widow, had worked in his family for many years, receiving therefor one dollar a week. A short time before his death he gave her a life lease of his homestead in Portland, worth about $2000, to take effect upon his decease. Whether he did this for the reason that he thought that he had not paid her…
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