Caldwell v. Taylor

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,

Plaintiff, Rebecca J. Caldwell, sued the executrixes of the estate of John R. Taylor, deeéased, in assumpsit', to recover on an alleged contract to reward her for services rendered to the decedent during his lifetime; the jury gave a verdict in her favor, but the court below entered judgment n. o. v. for defendants; plaintiff has appealed.

The statement of claim avers that plaintiff, when about twenty months old, was taken by decedent and his wife into their home; that, when she was fourteen years of age, decedent orally promised, in consideration that…