Schulte v. Hagemeyer

When about four years of age, Josephine Hagemeyer was taken into the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Joseph Schulte, where she remained until Mrs. Schulte’s death and Mr. Schulte’s removal to the hospital. He died within a short time. Her position in that home, if we consider the treatment she received and her attitude toward the Schultes, was that of a daughter. Mrs. Schulte and Josephine’s mother were sisters.

The controversy in this case, in the last analysis, grows out of the position that Josephine Hagemeyer occupied in the Schulte home. The argument of counsel for plaintiff in error is that she…