King's Administrator v. Kelly

— This was a claim by Kelly for board, &,c., of the intestate for about ten years. A jury trial resulted in a verdict of $880 for Kelly.

The evidence disclosed that the intestate was divorced from her husband, and was the mother of Kelly’s wife; *90that during the last years of her life she resided in his family, as a member of it, but spent a considerable portion of her time" in visiting among her other children. She assisted in the affairs of the household by her labor, loaned money to Kelly from time to time, while she so resided in his family, for which he gave her his notes, making at the…