Hall v. Finch
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The respondent in September, 1868, presented a claim to the commissioners on the estate of her deceased brother for allow anee as follows, viz.: “ The Estate, etc., Db.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The respondent in September, 1868, presented a claim to the commissioners on the estate of her deceased brother for allow anee as follows, viz.: “ The Estate, etc., Db. “ To services as housekeeper for said F., from April, 1846, to October, 1855; and from September, 1857, to April, 1865— 17 at $100 $1,700 00 “ To money had and received to her use by said F., being percentage on collection on taxes in the town of Kosh-for the 1856. 180 00 “ To money borrowed ($3) in February, 1868, with interest at 10 cent, compounded annually, as per…
1Opinion of the Court
DixON, C. J.,
We must say in this case, as we said in another involving much the same question [Kaye v. Crawford, 22 Wis., 322), that the verdict should have been for the defendant. The testimony fails entirely to show that the services for which the claimant seeks to charge the estate were rendered in pursuance of any agreement or understanding that they were *281to be paid for by tbe intestate in bis lifetime, or out of bis property after bis decease. Tbe facts present but tbe common case where one near of kin bas given to another, who was dependent and destitute, tbe privileges of a borne, and…
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