Marino v. Vecchio

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

Domenico Marino, the administrator of Alessio Rudato, brought this suit in assumpsit against Vecchio to recover the sum of $700. Rudato died in 1917 and this action was brought September 29, 1920. The claim of the administrator is that the decedent had given to Vecchio $700, which he was to keep for him and return on demand. There were witnesses called who testified to admissions made by Vecchio as to the indebtedness, but the principal reliance of the plaintiff was on a letter which decedent had addressed to his wife who was then living in Italy. There was nothing to…