Messenger v. Paterson Savings Institution

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

Tlie respondent, the plaintiff below, brought his action against the appellant, the defendant below, in the Passaic Circuit, to recover the sum of $10,950 for services alleged to have been performed by him for the appellant’s intestate ¿luring her lifetime.

The plaintiff’s complaint contains two counts. The first count avers that on or about the 1st of January, 1896, the appellant’s intestate, Effie J. Crouch, deceased, in her lifetime entered into a contract with tlie plaintiff whereby be agreed to perform work for her and for which work she…