Estate of Fredericksen

The executor urged that sec. 330.21 (5), Stats., applied, which would limit recovery to services furnished within a period of two years prior to the date of death. That section refers to actions to recover unpaid salary, wages, or other compensation for personal services. The word “service” has a variety of meanings. In any given case its meaning is dependent upon the context or the sense in which it is used. Under the statute referred to, in view of all of the circumstances in this particular case, service would mean work done by one person at the request of another and would refer to a…