ESTATE OF FREDERICKSEN


273 Wis. 479 (1956)

ESTATE OF FREDERICKSEN: DUNBAR, Executor, Appellant, vs. BRUNSTAD and wife, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by Clarence E. Smith of Menomonie.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Dennis B. Danielson of Eau Claire.


BROADFOOT, J.

The executor urged that sec. 330.21 (5), Stats., applied, which would limit recovery to services furnished within a period of two years prior to the date of death. That section refers to actions to recover unpaid salary, wages, or other compensation for personal services. The word "service" has a variety of meanings. In any given case its meaning is dependent upon the context or the sense in which it is used. Under the statute referred to, in view of...

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