Daily Republican., 1886-12-08
sUPEKIOR COURT.
Tho SUIT 10 Recover for Nursing AN
Aged Lady for Five Years The Ev,.
dsnce for the Plaintiff All In ssJ shs
Defense Oonamenoed,

Immsdiately after Court resum e{
proceedings yesterday afternoon, th
case OF Mary Z. Hogg VS.. Elizabetl
Lobb's executor was again taken nm
and the examination OF witnesses con
siuued.
DR.. L. Kittenger Was sworn, ant
testified that he attended Mrs, Lob
from September, 1880, until her death
He visited her on IN average abou
twice week. She was suffering from
chronic cry sipelas In one OF her limbs
which caused . continual liberation
She was also affected with chroui,
diarrh9 :, and he had attended her dur
Ing an attack Of malignant small .pox
Her hngere were very m uch contracted
from rheumatism. Mrs. HoRg attended
and nursed her during the entire tim,
that abe WAS under the care OF the wit
ness. In his opinion the work done b,
Mrs. Hogg In attending to Mrs. Lobt
was worth from 60 TO Ss per week.
DR.. l.. A. KfttenRer testified that hs
had also attended Mrs. Lobb off and or
for q period Of five years. During tha
time she was nursed by Mrs. Hogg, ex
cept when she had the small pox, wheI
Mrs. Witsil assisted in taking care O
her.
Mrs. Ella w. Messenger testified thu
from 1880 70 1885 she wss In the habi
of visiting Mrs. Lobb, sometimes Al
often as two or three times q week, bu
the last year of her life she did not visi
her at all, One time when the witness
called che found Mrs. Lobb quite Ill
and she said to the witness that Mrs
Hoeg had been very kind to her and
that she should d not lose any thing by It
On an nother occasion she told the wit
ness that she would like to recempens,
Mrs. Hogg for her oare and attention
but she had other persons to please be-
sides herself. During the time Mrs
Lobb had the smallpox Mrs. Hogg wa
obliged to close her store and let haI
family go away for several weeks. The
with ess thought 1t was worth at leas,
tS week to nuree and care for her "a
Hrs. Hogg did, and she would not have
cared to do is hsr self for that amount.
Mrs. Annie Richie was sworn and
testified that she Is acquainted with
Mrs. Hogg, md was acquainted with
Mrs. Lobb during her lifetime. She
Vas grea. invalid, and her limbs were
very sore. During her slcknes Mrs.
dORR nhu TAKEN care th ntr.
Mrs Jeannet McGonigle testified that
from 1880 to 1885 she lived four doors
from Mrs. HoRR, and was in her house
sometimes two or three times q day.
Mrs. Lobb was q terrible cripple and
unable to do any thing for herself. The
witness helped 20 wash her after her
death, and found her limbs In a fearful
condition; she could Lot describe 1t To
the jury. Mrs. Hogg nursed and at
tended to her all the time, and the
witness had never seen any Of Mrs.
Lobb's people there until after her
death. One time she said 10 the wit
ness that she would like to pay Lib for
her trouble, but they would not let her
fix things as fhe wanted to and she
would have to get her money after her
death. She had heard her say on sew
eral occasions that she would like to
pay her but could not. The witness
would not have attended to her as Mrs.
Hogg did for any amount Of money.
John @. Allen testified that he was
married to q niece OF Mrs. Lobb. About
four years ago his wife died, and Mrs.
Lcbb cent for him, to lender a place In
her lot for the remains Of his wife. He
afterwards put his child TO board at
Mrs. Hogg's, and frequently visited the
house. He saw that Mrs. Lobb was o
great cripple, and zone one had TO cui
her food aud hand the drink up 10 hei
mouth. He had never Eeeu any one at
tending her except Mrs HoRg
John Pennington wac sworn, and tes.
tilted that he is married to Mrs. Hogg's
daughter. He first went to beard with
her in 1882, and remained there for
fourteen months, when he left TO go to
Philadelphia, bat visited the house oil
the plaintiff every week. He came
back TO Mrs. Ho2g's year before hre.
Lobb died; she was bad cripple, and
smelled very bad. The witness could
detect the smell Ia his bedroom; It was
all over the house. He had never seen
any one but Mis- HoeR and her daugh.
ter do anything for Mrs. LobD. He had
heard Mrs. Lobb say that shs wanted
Lizzie 10 be we'll paid for her trouble,
and wanted her to come on her estate.
Mrs. Sarah @. White was sworn and
testified that from 1881 to 'S5 abe lived
two doors from Mrs.. Hogg. She cor
roborsted the testimony of the previous
Wituesses in reference to the cor rdition
OF Mrs. LoOb, and said that she would
not have attended to her as MIS-. Hogs
did for lese than 81 or SS q week.
DR.. L. Kittenger was recalled and
testified that he had examined his
books, aud found that during five years
he had visited Mrs, Lobb 1853 times, that
is Wits for which he had charged, but
he had made q number of visits thst
he bsd not entered on his books, and
for which no had made no charge,
T.nrn Old Laa n CpnAral fhi n
doctor, physicians do not make many
visits that they do not charse for, do
they?" When tho witness replied, at
depends q great ceal Oh who / am at.
tending; II 1t vas you, should charge
for every visit
Laura McGonigle testified that she
had lived with Mrs. Hogg for three
months, anil during that time abe had
assisted In taking care of her.
She said that Mrs. Lobb was a great
deal OF tyouble, and that they were FIRE.
qnently up aJ night with her.
Mr.. Bird said that he had five or six
more witnesses, but as their testimony
was about the same as that already pre-
sented he would not onll tht N, but
would rest his case. Mr.. Lore then
moved for Dop-suit, on the ground
that the suit, IL any was brought,
should have been brought in the name
of Mrs. Hogg's husband, but the Court
decided that az II was the first case
under what Is known as the married
woman's act, 1t should go to the jury.
The opening argument to the jury
was then made by Mr.. Lore, who stated
that he would show that these acts, fol
which these people now claim pay,
were merely acts OF kind less. for which
they never expected or demanded pay
un:il they made this claim against the
old lady's estate. He also said that he
would chow that short time previous
to her death she had rseatved $500. all
Of which had gone to this family. He
then comm enced the examination Of
witnesses.