Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Russell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 12, 1939PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This is an action of contract on an account annexed to recover for various specified quantities of “wood shanks” sold by U. S. Peg-Wood & Shank Co., the plaintiff’s assignor, to the defendant. The question is whether the defendant’s answer was adequate to permit the defendant to introduce evidence of her insanity as a defence.
The body of the plaintiff’s declaration does not state the date or dates of the contract or contracts of sale. The account annexed is headed,
“Nellie M. Russell August 12, 1935.
TO U. S. Peg-Wood & Shank Co., Debtor.”
There are twenty-three items in the account, none of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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