Pechtl v. Schmid

Action to enforce contribution by one sister against another for the support of their mother. There was a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $907.50. Upon motion, the court granted a new trial unless plaintiff consent to .a reduction of the verdict to $857.75. The consent was filed and defendant appealed.

The father died testate in 1870, leaving surviving him his widow and three daughters. Subsequently one of the sisters died, leaving surviving her two children. The mother remarried and thereafter her husband died, leaving surviving him one child, the issue of such marriage.

At the time of…