Bradley v. Gardner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for services rendered. Error to the Circuit Court of Fulton County; the Hon. John A. Gray, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This is an appeal from a judgment of $400 recovered by defendant in error for services rendered the intestate of the plaintiff in error.
The evidence shows that for the last five or six years of the deceased’s life defendant in error lived in her family, did her housework and assisted in carrying on a dressmaking business. She was to receive $2 per week as a house servant and one-half of the earnings of the dressmaking business.
Her claim upon the trial was limited to services as a housekeeper. The defense was that she had been paid. The only evidence permitted to go to the jury in support of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ruggles v. GattonIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- Treadway v. TreadwayAppellate Court of Illinois · 1879
- Meeth v. Rankin Brick Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1893
- McAmore v. WileyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893