Flaccus v. Wood
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 174, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 1946, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Kate Flaccus v. Amelia M. Wood, Executrix of Estate of William Mazet, Deceased. Assumpsit for domestic services and nursing. Before Evans, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,691.50. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 174, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 1946, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Kate Flaccus v. Amelia M. Wood, Executrix of Estate of William Mazet, Deceased. Assumpsit for domestic services and nursing. Before Evans, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,691.50. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the part of the charge relating to the legal effect of the receipt of March 1, 1906. The plaintiff was entitled to the benefit of every fact and inference of fact…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
This action against the executrix of the estate of William Mazet is to recover compensation for personal services plaintiff claims to have rendered deceased covering a period of 18 years from 1890 to 1908, consisting of nursing, the care of the person of deceased and of his clothing and room. Deceased was not, during this time, under the care of a physician and the attention required was not nursing in the ordinary sense of the word, but bandaging, bathing and dressing made necessary by the diseases with which he was afflicted. Plaintiff claimed the services were…
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