The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
Court.


Court opened on Tuesday morning by
the calling of case No. 15 on the Supreme
Court list-Emily Morgan vs.. Albert G.
Heulings and others, administrators of
Josiah Wallace. deceased. Howard Car
row of Camden, represented plaintiff; Sam
uel K. Robbins and Mark R. Sooy for de-
PENDANTS
This is one of the suits growing out of
the dissatisfaction over the manner in
which Josiah Wallace disposed of his prop
erty by will During the last twenty years
of his life, Wallace made his home with
William F. Morgan, husband of the plain
tiff Mrs. Morgan took care of the old
man, doing his washing, mending his
clothes and paying especial attention to
him, for which services she never receiv-
ed any compensation, although the old
gentleman had promised, when he went
to live with the Morgans, to pay them
we'll Plaintiffs counsel said he would
show that Mrs. Morgan's care had enabled
Wallace to prolong his life, and that he
had said that but for Mrs. Morgan he
never would have been able to accumu-
late such a vast fortune. Mrs. Morgan
claimed 500 per week for 954 weeks SER
vice, from January %. 1873, to May IL,
1891, total of $ls,0S0
William F. Morgan, the first witness,
said that he was married in January,
1873. At that time Josiah Wallace was
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Mr.. Morgan's home. One cold day in
December Morgan went to see Wallace,
and found him without coat on. Wit
ness demonstrated with him. and Wallace
night Morgan told him that he had no
business living there by himself, that he
would die alone there sometime. Wal
lace replied that he would remain where
than 90 among his relatives who only
wanted his money. Morgan then said !:
81 am going to be married shortly, and if
you will pay me board, and give my wife
reasonable sum for caring for you, we
will keep you" Wallace agreed to this
and went to live with Morgan. He was
then afflicted in various ways. He had
rheumatism, vertigo and kidney trouble.
He also had letter, which was slight then,
but which finally covered his entire body,
becoming very much aggravated, causing
the old man great annoyance. He would
take off his shoes and stockings and
scratch his legs. from which scales would
fall in such large quantities that Mrs.
Morgan would be compelled to take them
up in dust pan. The washerwoman fear
ed that this disease was contagious and
refused to wash his clothing and Mrs.
Morgan was compelled to do it. She was
also obliged, during the latter part OF
Wallace's life, to wash and dress him.
Mrs Morgan was not able to go away
from her home for any length of time for
fear of something happening to the old
man.
On cross-examination Mr.. Morgan said
that Wallace furnished his own room.
When he went to live with witness he
owned piece of ground which he farm
ed himself, being pretty active for an old
man. During the years that Wallace
lived with Morgan, he only had two or
three visits from doctor. The last year
of his lite he went to Camden physician
on account of the skin disease with
which he suffered, nearly always walking
to and from the Palmyra railroad station,
distance of half mile from the house
On the day of his death Wallace was
fighting fire in the woods about three
quarters of mile from the house. Wit
ness also admitted that Mrs. Morgan did
not do all of Wallace's washing, but that
up to the time of hig death, considerable
of his clothing was washed out OF the
= house. Mr.. Morgan had no recollection
that he ever told Judge Lippincott that
Wallace WAS all paid up and did not owe
him a cent, and he was quite positive
that he never said Josiah was not any
trouble" Witness said that heidi moi
think he ever said that WalladeS estate
, would be easy to settle because there
were no debts to pay. He had told one
person that Wallace paid "a week fol
3 board, and that the price was satisfactory
Emily Morgan was the next witness
Mr.. sooy objected to Mrs. Morgan tellini
what she had done for Wallace in tht
> way of helping him dress or cut his food
J or other personal services The objec
ton was sustained, and Mrs. Morgan pro
: ceeded to explain the condition of Wal
Ilsces health, when he came to her house