Rutherford v. Peppa

This action was commenced against the defendant as administratrix of the estate of Elizabeth Taylor, deceased, to recover for care, medical services, and board and lodging furnished to the deceased by the plaintiff and his wife. The defendant, as administratrix, had refused to allow the claims filed by the plaintiff, amounting to about sixteen hundred dollars, and had filed an answer denying the indebtedness. The plaintiff offered testimony that deceased had been in the habit of spending week-ends at the home of the plaintiff and his wife for about twenty-nine years. During the last few years…