Hay v. Peterson
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for Laramie County, Hon. Richard H. Scott, Judge. Severin Peterson brought this action against Henry G. Hay as executor of the last will and testament of Charles G. Strom deceased to recover a sum of money alleged to he due and unpaid for services rendered to the decedent for a continuous period exceeding fourteen -years, except seven weeks in 1892 and five weeks in 1893, when he was sick and cared for at the county hospital.
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ERROR to the District Court for Laramie County, Hon. Richard H. Scott, Judge. Severin Peterson brought this action against Henry G. Hay as executor of the last will and testament of Charles G. Strom deceased to recover a sum of money alleged to he due and unpaid for services rendered to the decedent for a continuous period exceeding fourteen -years, except seven weeks in 1892 and five weeks in 1893, when he was sick and cared for at the county hospital. The issues raised by the pleadings are stated in the opinion. The defense claimed that there was no previous contract between Peterson and…
1Opinion of the Court
Groesbeck, Chief Justice.
This is an action against Henry G. Hay, the plaintiff in error, as executor of the last will and testament of 1 Charles G. Strom, deceased, to recover for services rendered by Severin Peterson, the defendant in error, to decedent during his lifetime, in the sum of $7,186.67 for 14 years, 10 months, and 20 days, at the rate of forty dollars per month, the period of time being from November 1, 1878, to September 21, 1893, at which last-named date the employer died. The claim was presented to the •executor and disallowed. The petition declares upon a •quantum meruit and…
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