Heery v. Reed

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by Maggie Reed to recover from the estate of Patrick Devenney, deceased, for services performed by her for Patrick Devenney in his lifetime under an agreement that she should live with and work for the Devenneys and have all Devenney’s property at his death. Patrick Devenney and his wife, being childless, took Maggie into the family when she was about six years old, and she lived at Devenney’s and served them faithfully as companion, chore-girl, nurse, seamstress, farm-hand and housekeeper until she was…