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Hall v. Treadwell

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Piscataquis County
Nov 28, 1925
131 A. 10 (Me. 1925)

Opinion

Decided November 28, 1925.

The plaintiff acted as housekeeper and nurse for the defendant's testatrix, Mrs. Weltha A. Treadwell, during the latter's last illness. The deceased was suffering from tuberculosis and finally became bedridden, requiring the special attention such a condition demands. The plaintiff's services covered a period of twenty-nine weeks.

Declaring upon an account annexed with a count in quantum meruit added, the plaintiff recovered a verdict of $433.82 in the court below, which the defendant seeks to set aside upon motion, claiming that the services were rendered gratuitously, or if not, the verdict is excessive and in fact accord and satisfaction was executed.

The plaintiff's claim, that she left a remunerative employment and undertook the care of Mrs. Treadwell and her home at the latter's request, with a mutual understanding that her services were to be paid for, was evidently accepted by the jury as true, as was her denial of any settlement or arrangement amounting to an accord and satisfaction. The amount of wages to be paid not being fixed by the parties, their value was for the jury to determine. The verdict is neither excessive nor clearly wrong. Motion overruled.

Martin L. Durgin, for plaintiff.

George E. Thompson and Ross St. Germain, for defendant.


Summaries of

Hall v. Treadwell

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Piscataquis County
Nov 28, 1925
131 A. 10 (Me. 1925)
Case details for

Hall v. Treadwell

Case Details

Full title:NELLIE A. HALL vs. ALWYN J. TREADWELL, Executor

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Piscataquis County

Date published: Nov 28, 1925

Citations

131 A. 10 (Me. 1925)
125 Me. 506

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