Douillette v. Parmenter

This is an action of contract to recover for work and labor performed and materials furnished in the amount of $1,800, as set forth in an account annexed, in erecting a house upon the defendant’s land in Grafton. The pleadings are not included in the record. The defendant excepted to the denial of her motion for a directed verdict, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $1,500. The defendant having failed to order the preparation of the record within the time set by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 135, the trial judge reported the case to this court on the issue raised…