Murphy v. McCarthy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. J. L. Iíusted, Judge. ProoeediNG in probate for the allowance of a claim against the estate of decedent, There was a trial by the court without a jury, and an order allowing the claim. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobiNSON, C. J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover of the estate of Margaret Powers^ deceased, the sum of four hundred *39and. eighty four dollars for board and washing furnished the decedent during a period of one hundred and twenty-one weeks, and the claim was allowed to the amount of four hundred and eighty dollars.
1 I. Mrs. Newman testified as a witness, and was asked, in regard to what the decedent was furnished by the plaintiff, “what it would be worth a week,” and answered: “About $4.50, and very reasonable at that.” The defendant moved that the answer be stricken out on the ground that the witness had not…
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