Reynolds v. . Robinson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. This action was brought to recover the value of services alleged td have been performed by plaintiff and his wife in caring for defendant’s testator, James Hill. Said Hill was a farmer living in Argyle, Washington county. In 1855 he adopted Lovella Hughes and brought her up as his daughter.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. This action was brought to recover the value of services alleged td have been performed by plaintiff and his wife in caring for defendant’s testator, James Hill. Said Hill was a farmer living in Argyle, Washington county. In 1855 he adopted Lovella Hughes and brought her up as his daughter. She married the plaintiff in January, 1863. After the marriage, plaintiff took Hill’s farm to work on shares, and in 1867…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
After the marriage of the plaintiff with Miss Hughes, January 1, 1863, he took the testator’s farm on shares, and continued to occupy it until 1867, when he bought it. From 1863 to the time of his death in Movember, 1871, with the exception of short intervals, the testator boarded with him, and paid for his board at the rate of three dollars per week. Hence, there is little room for saying that lie was simply living with plaintiff as a member of his family, and that the services were rendered by plaintiff’s wife gratuitously, as an adopted daughter. Besides, the referee found, upon sufficient…
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