Bleadingheiser v. Crumrine
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 175, April T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Feb. T., 1906, No. 97, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Clara Bleadingheiser v. E. E. Crumine, Executor of J. W. Nesbit, deceased. Assumpsit for services rendered as nurse to defendant’s testator. Before Taylor, J. At the trial the defendant claimed that the services had been paid for by checks given by the testator to defendant.
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Appeal, No. 175, April T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Feb. T., 1906, No. 97, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Clara Bleadingheiser v. E. E. Crumine, Executor of J. W. Nesbit, deceased. Assumpsit for services rendered as nurse to defendant’s testator. Before Taylor, J. At the trial the defendant claimed that the services had been paid for by checks given by the testator to defendant. Defendant, however, claimed that, with the exception of $100, she had spent the proceeds for medicines, groceries and provisions for the decedent and his household, and that she…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The judgment we are asked to review was recovered by the plaintiff in the court below for professional services rendered by her, as a nurse to John W. Nesbit, deceased, during twenty-eight and one-half weeks at the rate of $25.00 per week. The services were performed under a contract made by the plaintiff with the decedent, and neither the time of service nor the rate of payment is disputed. The substantial matter in dispute on the trial was, whether certain checks made by John W. Nesbit to the order of the plaintiff, the proceeds of which were received by her, were to be…
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