Dixon v. Lamson

This is an action of contract brought to recover for personal services rendered from November 23, 1910, to September 2, 1918, to Everett Miles Taylor, the defendants’ testator. The declaration contains three counts; the first is on an account annexed; the second is on a quantum meruit for labor performed and services rendered; the third sets up an express oral contract by which, in consideration that the plaintiff would remain with the testator and care for him and his household during his lifetime, he would pay her a sum equal to one half of his estate for her services. This count was waived…