McLean v. Miller

This was an action for money had and received. The amount claimed is $26,500 and interest from September 6, 1872. By agreement between the parties, a jury was waived and the cause was submitted on the evidence and the law.

Briefly the facts are as follows: In March, 1868, Susan B. Palmer, a widow, married Samuel Mills, a widower. No child was born of this union. Mrs. Palmer-Mills had no children by her first marriage, and Mr. Mills had a daughter, Ella Mills, the defendant in this action. Husband and wife and this daughter of Mr. Mills lived together until 1884, when Ella Mills married one…