Ingram v. Basye
Oregon Supreme Court
From Polk: Percy E. Kelly, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice McNary. This is an action by Elizabeth Ingram against Alexander Basye and Louisa Basye to recover judgment in the sum of $3,000 for the rendition of personal services.
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From Polk: Percy E. Kelly, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice McNary. This is an action by Elizabeth Ingram against Alexander Basye and Louisa Basye to recover judgment in the sum of $3,000 for the rendition of personal services. Following the statement that plaintiff is of the age of 36 years and that defendants are husband and wife, the complaint reads that from the time of infancy until the 1st of July, 1910, plaintiff has resided with defendants and has since attaining the age of 14 years rendered services for defendants as a domestic and in the capacity of a farm laborer,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McNary
From the record we gather that plaintiff entered the home of defendants during the infantile period of *260her life and there remained until the) arrival of her thirty-sixth year; that no blood nor marriage relation existed between the parties, plaintiff and defendants, outside the reservation that plaintiff is a second cousin of defendant Louisa Basye; that no express contract for compensation was ever made on the one side for wages or on the other side for support; that plaintiff’s claim for pay rests upon an implied contract.
1. A contract to pay is presumed from the acceptance of beneficial…
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- Howard v. RandolphSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
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