Ridgway v. Executors of English
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Rulo to show cause. This was au action of assumpsit against the executors of Thomas English, deceased, brought to recover compensation for services alleged to have been rendered by the wife to the decedent, who was her father, before her marriage. The declaration contained two counts only.
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Rulo to show cause. This was au action of assumpsit against the executors of Thomas English, deceased, brought to recover compensation for services alleged to have been rendered by the wife to the decedent, who was her father, before her marriage. The declaration contained two counts only. The first was in the common form of indebitatus assumpsit for work and labor, care and diligence, &c.; the second was for a quantum meruit; and both averred the promises to' have been made by the testator to the daughter while sole and unmarried. The defendants pleaded non assumpsit and the statute of…
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, C. J.
Two questions are involved in the consideration of the motion to set aside the verdict in this cause.
I. Was the evidence offered at the trial on the part of tlie plaintiff relevant to the issue? If it was, then—
II. Was it sufficient to support the issue on the part of the plaintiff.
I. The action was brought by Ridgway and wife to recover from the executors of her father’s estate compensation for services rendered by the wife to her father, while she was sole and unmarried. The declaration avers that the testator, being indebted to the plaintiff’s wife for work and labor, undertook and…
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- Powers v. SouthgateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1843
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