Ashmore v. Pike

BLAIR, Justice.

Appellee, Mrs. M. B. Pike, a feme sole, sued appellant, Lee Ashmore, independent executor of the estate of Mrs. Sarah E. Bell, deceased, for $3,380, as the reasonable value of her services as housekeeper, companion, cook, and nurse of Mrs. Bell from January, 1931, until her death in January, 1935, and recovered judgment for $1,500; hence this appeal.

Appellee based her cause of action upon two grounds pleaded in the alternative. By her first count she sought a recovery upon an alleged oral contract between herself and Mrs. Bell, by which she agreed to act as housekeeper,…