Green's Exr. v. Green
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 13 — Action by E. A. Green against Wm. P. Green’s Executor to Recover for Work Done for Decedent appeal from grant circuit court — JOHN M. LASSING, circuit JUDGE.
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Case 13 — Action by E. A. Green against Wm. P. Green’s Executor to Recover for Work Done for Decedent appeal from grant circuit court — JOHN M. LASSING, circuit JUDGE. From the Judgment both Parties Appeal. 1. We submit that all the statements made hy the plaintiff in support of his claim for services rendered for the decedent are incompetent. 2. There ts no evidence that the' deceased ever agreed or. promised to pay for the plaintiff’s services. 3. A statement by deceased that plaintiff should be well paid for bis services, do not amount to a promise to pay. Reynolds v. Reynolds, 13 R., 793.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion or the court by
JUDGE BARKER
Reversing.
This action was instituted in the Grant circuit court by the■ appellee, Elijah A. Green, to recover from appellant, the executor of William P. Green, a claim of $950, alleged to be due him from the decedent’s estate for work performed by him at the special instance and request of the decedent within two or three years next before his death, and which had never been paid. The appellee was the nephew of William P. Green, and lived some two miles from the residence of the latter. The uncle was an old man, greatly afflicted; and practically helpless.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- City of Louisville v. KeherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
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