Greene v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

This is an action of contract to recover from the defendants, as executors of the will of Samuel G. Chickering, on an oral contract to the effect that if the plaintiffs would stay with and care for the testator “as long as he lived, he would so provide that they would be well taken care of and provided for during the remainder of their lives after his decease.” The declaration also contained a count for labor and services in accordance with an account annexed. The answer is a general denial, payment, and that the alleged agreement was to make a will and was not in writing. The jury found for…