Daveny v. Shattuck
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from a judgment of the district court in the city of New York for the third judicial district. The facts are stated in. the opinion. Upon trial before a jury, they rendered a verdict for the plaintiff. From the judgment entered upon the verdict the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Charles P. Daly, Chief Justice.
This was only the ordinary monthly hiring of a domestic servant at $16 a month. The plaintiff asked the defendant’s wife if she kept her girls *67during the summer months, and she told her that she did. The plaintiff then said that she would like to engage for the summer months up to September 1; and the defendant’s wife, Mrs. Shattuck, answered that she would keep her if she suited her. To this the plaintiff replied, “ Perhaps yon are hard to suit; I will try it for a week,” and in going out, said : “ You keep your help for the summer months ?” and Mrs. Shattuck…
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