Niskern v. Haydock
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, ..George R., Haydock, as executor, etc., of Melicent Stebbins, deceased, from .a judgment of the Supreme . Court in favor of the plaintiff, -entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester " on the 3d day of July, 1897, upon the report of’ a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
This proceeding is a reference,. under the statute, of a claim "against the estate of a deceased person. The plaintiff sought to-recover for1 personal services rendered to the deceased. The defendant denied .both the rendition of the services and; their alleged valué. On the trial the plaintiff was permitted to prove a conversation between - herself and the defendant Haydock concerning the. merits of her claim, which took ¡place prior to the death, of the deceased, and. also to place in evidence a letter written by-the defendant to her about the samé time. This evidence was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Church v. . HowardNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Fitzmahoney v. CaulfieldNew York Supreme Court · 1895
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