Hoffman v. Condon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
, Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary J. Hoffman, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Trial Term and entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Westchester on the 2d day of February, 1909, setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff, and granting a new trial of the action unless plaintiff stipulate to reduce the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
This action is brought to recover the sum of $3,500 for services which the plaintiff claims that she rendered to John Conlin, now deceased, between the 1st day of January, 1900, and the 8th day of August, 1906. The plaintiff was his niece, and about a month after the death of his wife went to reside with him in part of a small house which he owned at Dobbs Ferry, acting as housekeeper and, for the last few months of his life when he was ill and suffei’ing from a paralytic stroke, also rendering to him such care and attention as his condition demanded.
Upon the direct case, outside of…
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