Ashley v. Smith's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee; Chester, J. Ira W. Ashley, administrator of the estate of Hattie J. Bugbee, deceased, presented a claim against the estate of Moses B. Smith, deceased, for services rendered. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for claimant, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Moses B. Smith was a farmer, residing near Adrian. His daughter, Harriet, married William Bugbee, who for a time worked Smith’s farm, when they removed to a place of their own. About Christmas, 1894, Mrs. Smith was stricken with paralysis, while she and her husband lived upon this farm. Hattie Bugbee was sent for, and remained there two or three weeks, during which time an arrangement is said to have been made whereby Bugbee and his wife, Hattie, and their two chil-' dren moved to Smith’s farm, Bugbee manáging it on shares, and Mrs. Bugbee caring for her father and mother. Mrs. Smith was a…
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