Shea v. Maloney
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by husband and wife to recover money claimed to be due the wife for her personal services; brought to the Court of Common Pleas, and beard before Mather, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
It is found in this case that Honora Shea, one of the plaintiffs, and the wife of Michael Shea, the other plaintiff, in the year 1880, being then a married woman as now, performed domestic service in the family of the defendant, at his request, such service consisting of washing, cleaning house, and other like labor, and extending over more than half a year. The number of days that she thus worked are found to have been one hundred and thirteen and a half, and the value of the work #113.50 in the whole. The sum of #26 furnished the family in groceries by the defendant had been with her…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wheeler v. WheelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- Darcy v. RyanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Williams v. KingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- Whiting v. BeckwithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863