Newell v. Lawton

This is an action of assumpsit. The testimony shows that the plaintiff rendered services for the testatrix in taking care of and nursing her for several years before her death. The testatrix was the plaintiff’s mother, and the two had lived together while the services were rendered. During the same period the plaintiff had kept hens and furnished eggs and sold fowls and used the proceeds in purchasing supplies for the household, but to what extent does not appear. The evidence shows no express agreement on the part of the testatrix to pay for these benefits, nor circumstances affording ground…