Avitt v. . Smith

Faieolote, C. J. :

The plaintiff brought this action to recover for services rendered bis mother, the intestate of defendant. The plaintiff testified that he lived with his mother all his life, and that from 1871 to 1895 he ran her farm and rendered her all the service he could and protected her, and in a general way attended to all her business. He, his mother and one sister, composed the family, and they all worked. He says: “I supported them and they supported me. We all consumed together what we made on the place.’’ Another witness said he heard the mother say, in the presence of the…