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Moore v. Minor

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 15, 1914No. Appeal, No. 112PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 112, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 837, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Frances Moore v. W. E. Minor, Administrator of the Estate of Eliza J. Moore or Lydia J. Moore, deceased. Assumpsit for board and nursing. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $600. Defendant appealed.

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Appeal, No. 112, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 837, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Frances Moore v. W. E. Minor, Administrator of the Estate of Eliza J. Moore or Lydia J. Moore, deceased. Assumpsit for board and nursing. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $600. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Orlady, J.,

This action of assumpsit was brought against an administrator to recover for boarding, lodging and nursing of a minor. When Eliza J. Moore, the deceased minor, was but seven months old, her mother died, and she with her sisters went to live in the family of her grandmother, in whose home also resided her Uncle Harry, and her Aunt Frances Moore, and where she resided until her death, at which time she was not of full age. Frank N. Christy, Esq., who was appointed guardian of the estate of Eliza J. Moore by the orphans’ court of Allegheny county, on July 13, 1907, on…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Johnstone v. FritzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  2. Grossman v. ThunderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  3. Wise v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  4. Estate of MooreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  5. Wise v. MartinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gordon, SEC. of Banking v. MapelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

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