Legal Opinion

Cargill v. Atwood

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 12, 1893PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Dependants’ petition for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.

This is assumpsit for goods sold and delivered to, work and labor done and performed for, and cash advanced to John M. Oargill, defendants’ testator in his lifetime. Pleas, the general issue and the statute of limitations.

At the trial of the case in the Court of Common Pleas, at the December Term thereof, 1892, the plaintiff recovered a verdict for $2,414.4:4. The defendants now petition for a new trial on the grounds of erroneous rulings on the part of the Court, and that the verdict was against the evidence.

The first contention of the defendants is, that there was no competent proof offered…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Phipps v. MahonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  2. Starratt v. MullenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  3. Gunn v. GunnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  4. Abbott v. KeithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1839
  5. Kelton v.HillSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1870

3Cited by9 opinions

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  5. Chandler v. RobinettCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1913

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