Timberlake's Administrator v. Pugh

This is an action for damages suffered through a broken contract, in which the plaintiff has recovered a verdict and judgment.

David Edward Timberlake was an old bachelor who lived in Norfolk county, and who was worth about $700.00. His estate consisted, in the main, of a house and lot. In 1925, being in poor health, he took to live with him Mrs. Kate It. Pugh, plaintiff in the court below, and her four *400children. Mr. Timberlake was to give her and her children a home, in return for which she was to cook, wash for him, wait on him, look after his fowls and help him with a small garden. Under…