Murrell v. Studstill

This was an action against the administrator of the estate of the plaintiff’s grandfather, upon a quantum meruit, for services rendered by her to the intestate in his household in waiting upon him and his wife, in cooking for them, and in rendering other services upon the premises. From the testimony it appeared that the plaintiff, who was then an adult,, left the home of her mother and stepfather, and went to her grandfather’s house, remaining there for nearly three years. During that time she not only waited upon her grandparents and performed the ordinary duties of a housekeeper for them,…