Gill v. Staylor
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Dobler, J.) At the trial the following prayers were offered: Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury shall find that the plaintiff rendered valuable personal services to and for the benefit of the late Catherine L. Staylor during her lifetime, at her request, and shall further find that said Catherine L. Staylor, in consideration of said services, promised to reward the plaintiff for said services and did not…
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Dobler, J.) At the trial the following prayers were offered: Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury shall find that the plaintiff rendered valuable personal services to and for the benefit of the late Catherine L. Staylor during her lifetime, at her request, and shall further find that said Catherine L. Staylor, in consideration of said services, promised to reward the plaintiff for said services and did not perform said promise, then the jury shall find for the plaintiff against the administrator of said Catherine L. Staylor for…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
This is an action of assumpsit by John Staylor against Roger T. Gill, administrator of Catherine Staylor, to recover for thirteen years of continuous service rendered her. Issues were joined upon pleas that neither defendant nor his decedent were ever indebted as alleged, nor ever promised as alleged ; that the action did not accrue within three years before suit brought ; and that the assets of the estate are not sufficient to pay all the decedent’s debts, regard being had to the alleged debt of the plaintiff. Mrs. Staylor’s husband was a butcher, and the plaintiff was his nephew, and…
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