Perkins v. Hasbrouck
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 445, Jan. T., 1893, by defendant, Wm. W. Hasbrouck, administrator of William Hasbrouck, deceased, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., Nov. T., 1891, No. 79, on verdict for plaintiff, Jesse Perkins. Assumpsit for boarding defendant’s intestate. At the trial, before Gunnison, P. J., plaintiff claimed to recover $984 for boarding decedent, who was his father-in-law.
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Appeal, No. 445, Jan. T., 1893, by defendant, Wm. W. Hasbrouck, administrator of William Hasbrouck, deceased, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., Nov. T., 1891, No. 79, on verdict for plaintiff, Jesse Perkins. Assumpsit for boarding defendant’s intestate. At the trial, before Gunnison, P. J., plaintiff claimed to recover $984 for boarding decedent, who was his father-in-law. Various witnesses for plaintiff testified to declarations made by decedent to the effect that there was an express contract to pay his board. The substance of the testimony is stated in the charge and in the opinion of the…
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Mr. Justice Thompson,
This was an action brought by appellee against appellant, administrator of William Hasbrouck, deceased, to recover for board of decedent for nearly four years. The affidavit of defence filed set forth that the appellee was indebted to the estate in the sum of SI,000 upon a promissory note, and that, upon settlement of the account between appellee and appellant as administrator, the appellee would be found to be indebted to *498the appellant. Upon the trial the proof of the payment of the note having been successfully made, the contention in regard to it seems to…
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