Kleimola v. Kauppi

In 1915 the plaintiff was a widow 54 or 55 years old, living in Finland. There was civil war in Finland at that time. The wife of the defendant, who lived in Ironwood, Michigan, was the daughter of the plaintiff. There was some correspondence between the plaintiff and some member of the Kauppi family which does not appear in the record. A ticket was sent Mrs. Kleimola, which paid her fare from Finland to Ironwood, where she arrived about Easter, 1916. She at once became an inmate of the family of defendant, and did work therein for five years and some months. While still an inmate of the…