Lancaster v. Marshall

In this action of assumpsit the plaintiff seeks to recover the balance of $261.50 which she claims is due her on a contract of employment with Caroline F. Aldrich, a resident of Lincoln, who died April 10, 1940, leaving a will which was probated in that town. The defendant, the decedent’s doctor in her last illness, is the executor of her will and also residuary legatee thereunder. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the full amount and this verdict was approved by the trial justice after a hear ing on defendant’s motion for a new trial. The case is before us on defendant’s…