Lalime v. Desbiens

The plaintiff in this action, which is general assumpsit with specifications, is the father-in-law of the defendant. They are farmers and during the earlier part of the period covered by this litigation they lived on farms about sixteen miles from each other. Later the plaintiff moved to a farm about two miles from that of the defendant. For a long .time they were on friendly terms and each helped the other occasionally, sometimes with horses or machinery, in doing his farm work. They also assisted each other in other ways like transportation, loans, care of animals, etc. Finally there came a…