Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF GILBERT R. SPRAGUE et al. AS ADMINISTRATORS OF FREEMAN SPRAGUE, deceased
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1887-05-09
Citations: 8 N.Y. St. Rep. 902
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF GILBERT R. SPRAGUE et al. AS ADMINISTRATORS OF FREEMAN SPRAGUE, deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 8
Pages: 902–903

Head Matter:
IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF GILBERT R. SPRAGUE et al. AS ADMINISTRATORS OF FREEMAN SPRAGUE, deceased.
Statute of limitations—Claim for value of service rendered to decedent—Rejection of same.
Appeal from that part of the decree in the above entitled matter which rejected and disallowed the claim made by Gilbert R. Sprague, for compensation for services alleged to have been performed for decedent in his lifetime.
Geo. E. Anderson, for app’lt; Abram J. Miller, for resp’ts; Hackett & Williams, for Margaret Lewis.

Opinion:
Barnard, P. J.
The part of the claim which is before 1876 is barred by the statute of limitations. Assuming an employment which is between members of a family would justify a recovery, there is no implication that the statute of limitations fails to operate from year to year. (Davis v. Cortland, adm'r, 16 N. Y., 255).
The part of the claim subsequent to 1976 is without merit or foundation. The deceased owned a large farm, well stocked, from 1876 to the time of his death. He was weak in body and mind, and for the last four years of his life was entirely incompetent. The claimant had the entire management, received and disbursed all tne proceeds of tne farm, and he furnishes no account. He cannot even tell the amount of the proceeds. Connot tell the amount of grass or cattle sold, or of the milk sold. Under the state of the evidence the claim was properly rejected.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.
Pratt, J., concurs.