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Heyne v. . Doerfler

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 20, 1891PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made the second Monday of September, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee appointed under the statute to hear and determine a claim against the estate of Maria E. Arlt, deceased. The amount of the claim as presented by the plaintiff, was $611, and is made up of two charges.

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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made the second Monday of September, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee appointed under the statute to hear and determine a claim against the estate of Maria E. Arlt, deceased. The amount of the claim as presented by the plaintiff, was $611, and is made up of two charges. One of them, is for the board of Anna John and Emil John; the other is for professional services rendered as nurse by plaintiff for the deceased for…

1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.

The plaintiff sought to recover for his services and attendance upon proof that he had rendered services for and attended upon the deceased at her house during her sickness, and at her request and upon her promise to pay for the same at the rate he would have earned if he had worked at his business of making cigars. He also sought to recover the sum of two hundred dollars upon proof that the deceased had promised to pay him that sum if he would take and keep Anna and Emil John, relatives of the deceased, who had recently arrived at the house of the deceased from Germany, till they should get…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Holcomb v. . HolcombNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  2. In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of EysamanNew York Court of Appeals · 1889

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Kroh v. HeinsNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Warten v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  3. Chapin v. MitchellSupreme Court of Florida · 1902
  4. Taylor v. WelshNew York Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Abelein v. PorterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

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