Williams v. Lakin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Surrogate’s Court, Delaware County. In the matter of the judicial settlement of the estate of Esther J. W. Sutton. From a decree in favor of Mary Sutton Lakin establishing a° claim against the estate, the administrator, Henry J. Williams, appeals. Affirmed as modified.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
[1] The claimant presented .to the administrator a claim for $790 as a balance due for labor and services performed for the defendant between January 18, 1898, and February 10, 1903. Upon January 10, 1898, the intestate!s husband was afflicted with a shock of paralysis and died in May of the same year. At the time he was so afflicted the claimant was sent for by the intestate to come to her house and assist her. .This she did and remained there until she was married upon the 10th of February, 1903, with a few intermissions. *1073The services that she performed were domestic services, and also in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crow v. . GleasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Greenwood v. JudsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905