Ferran v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This action is to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract to settle a claim of the plaintiff without the intervention of a lawyer. The damages alleged in the first count of the declaration are compensation for pain and suffering, impairment of health and medical *214expenses. The second count is for the recovery of the fee of the plaintiff’s attorney, retained to enforce her claim. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the defendant filed a motion that a verdict be directed in its favor; the motion was allowed as to both counts, and the plaintiff excepted.

There was evidence that,…