Ulrich v. Arnold

Citations

• 120 Pa. 170
• 13 A. 831
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 469

Syllabus

<p>1. Though after marriage the services of a wife belong to her husband, yet if the wife, because of the absence of an express contract, may not recover for her services rendered to a parent, the husband can have no higher right to recover for them by an action in his own name: Patton v. Conn. 114 Pa. 188.</p> <p>2. Loose expressions of an infirm parent, expressive of gratitude for the personal services of a child and of a desire that compensation should be rendered after his death, but not in the least ‘degree indicative of the terms of a contract to pay therefor, are insufficient for submission to the jury from which to find whether or not such a contract existed.</p>