Schwab v. Pierro
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff having appealed to the district court for Hennepin county from the disallowance, by the probate court, of a claim presented by him against the estate of defendant’s testator, the action was tried before Young, J., who directed a verdict of $1,250, with interest at 7 per cent, from August 1, 1884, for plaintiff. The defendant appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The plaintiff seeks to enforce a claim against the estate of Michael Fierro for services rendered him in his lifetime. The defence relied on is that the plaintiff was a nephew of the deceased, and was a member of his family while such services were rendered, and that they were so rendered without any promise or agreement, express or implied, on the part of the deceased, to pay for the same, and without any expectation on plaintiff’s part to receive any compensation therefor. The deceased was a bachelor, and owned a hotel in Minneapolis. His only relations were plaintiff’s mother, who was his…
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