Villa v. Hedge

This is an action of assumpsit which was tried to a jury in the superior court after the plaintiff’s motion for a summary judgment on the pleadings was denied. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000 plus interest, and thereafter the defendant filed a motion for a new trial which was denied. The case is here on his bill of exceptions to that decision, to several evidentiary rulings, to certain portions of the charge, and to the refusal of two requests to charge.

The plaintiff based his cause of action on a written agreement, a copy of which he annexed to his…