Wallace v. Schaub

Citations

• 81 Md. 594
• 32 A. 324

Syllabus

<p>Contract Implied from Acceptance of Services — Evidence of Value of Services — Plea of Limitations.</p> <p>A. boarded with the plaintiff for a number of years, paying a certain sum for board and lodging. For some years before his death he was frequently ill, and was constantly nursed by plaintiff, and for these services A. promised to pay, but no price was fixed. In an action against his administrator to recover for the same, Held, that there was evidence sufficient in law to establish a contract to pay for such services, there being no relationship between the parties.</p> <p>In the above action, the evidence of a trained nurse, acquainted with the value of the services of nurses, trained and untrained, is admissible to show the value of the services rendered by the plaintiff.</p> <p>In an action against an administraitor on a contract made by his intestate, a plea that “the alleged cause of action did not accrue within three years of the decedent’s death,” is a sufficient compliance with the language of the statute.</p>