Stinson v. Bridges

Plaintiff has been awarded a jury verdict in his action of assumpsit to recover from the estate of Dora C. Stinson the fair value of services which he asserts he performed for the intestate during her last four years of life. The pleading was the general issue. Defendant has addressed to the Law Court his motion for a new trial.

Defendant contends that the verdict was against the evidence and the weight of the evidence and that the damages granted were excessive.

Defendant’s intestate died at the age of 88. She was not a relative of the plaintiff.

Plaintiff did not testify. There was real…