Jones v. Tucker
Superior Court of Delaware
Action of Assumpsit to recover from the administrators of Benjamin Johnson, deceased, for personal services alleged to have been rendered by the plaintiff to the said decedent during his lifetime. The facts sufficiently appear in the charge.
1Opinion of the Court
Rice, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—This is an action of assumpsit brought by Mary Isabel Jones, the plaintiff, against John W. Tucker and George Johnson, administrators of Benjamin Johnson, deceased, and is founded on contractual relations which the plaintiff alleges existed between her and Benjamin Johnson, the deceased.(1) A contract is defined to be an agreement between two or more persons, for a good and sufficient consideration to do or not to do a thing certain. It is not necessary that a contract be in in writing, and may be either expressed or implied. An express…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Wendler v. People's House Furnishing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. KelloggNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
- Dillingham v. ScalesTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Sullivan v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1903
- Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. McCartyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
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