Gray v. Richards
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action of assumpsit against the executor of the estate of Henry Clay Wood to recover for services as a nurse and for cash disbursements made. The plaintiff entered into the employment of the defendant’s testator as his nurse in 1911, and continued to serve him in that capacity until his decease.
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On report. This is an action of assumpsit against the executor of the estate of Henry Clay Wood to recover for services as a nurse and for cash disbursements made. The plaintiff entered into the employment of the defendant’s testator as his nurse in 1911, and continued to serve him in that capacity until his decease. Before plaintiff left New York to go to Farmington, Maine, defendant’s testator agreed that she should receive whenever she left his service, or at his decease one year’s salary and traveling expenses to New York. The controversy in this case is over the meaning of the words “one…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, C. J.
On report. Action of assumpsit against the executor of the estate of Henry Clay Wood to recover for services rendered as a nurse and for cash disbursements made. The account annexed contains five items.
The first, a charge for services from April 25, 1918, to September 7, 1918, at $25 per week, amounting to $482.14 is admitted.
The second, a charge for laundry work, and the third, for cash paid for drugs, the two aggregating $115, are also admitted.
The fourth, a charge for extra nursing $150 is not pressed. The sole contention is oyer the fifth item, viz: “One year’s additional compensation…
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