Lomasney v. Turner

Citations

• 33 Pa. Super. 106
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 251

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Nursing—Affidavit of defense.</p> <p>Where a person by writing under date acknowledges services rendered to him by a woman for nursing, from a date about a year prior to the date of the writing and agrees in the writing to pay to her therefor the sum of $25.00 per week, but no mention is made in the writing as to the length of time during which the nursing was continued, and the nurse sues to recover and avers that the services continued down to the date of the writing, an affidavit of defense which avers that the services were rendered for a period of five weeks only is responsive to the plaintiff’s claim, and the question whether the services were continued to the date of the writing must be determined by a jury.</p>