Sturgeon's Administrator v. McCorkle

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

In a suit to settle the estate of J. A. Sturgeon, who died in 1912, the- appellee, who was his daughter, presented a claim against his estate in the- nature of an open account for $3,775, alleged to be due her for service in working for, waiting on, nursing and caring for her father for twenty-five years preceding his death, and *9for $3,000, the alleged value of a one-sixth interest in the estate owned by him at his death.

The validity of this claim having been put in issue by the administrator, an issue out of chancery respecting it was submitted…