Kimmick's Estate v. Dixon

This is an appeal from the allowance of a contested claim against an estate. The daughter of the decedent filed her claim against her mother’s estate for $626 for nurse hire alleged to have been furnished her mother. The claim was disallowed by the administrator and was tried before a jury. A set-off was claimed by the estate. The jury found for the claimant in the amount claimed and against the estate on the set-off. Following a judgment on the verdict was a motion for a new trial setting out five reasons therefor. The first two being: (1) The verdict of the jury is not sustained by…