Tonge v. Salisbury

This action of the case in assumpsit was brought to recover for services performed by the plaintiff in caring for Ella J. Heathcote. After trial in the Superior Court a jury returned a verdict for $981.39. The case is before this court on defendant’s exceptions.

March 3,1913, the probate court of Providence appointed defendant temporary guardian of Miss Heathcote, who was then about fifty-seven years of age. He acted as her guardian until her death, November 19, 1929. He arranged for Miss Heathcote to live with her two maiden aunts. Plaintiff lived in a house in the rear of the aunt’s house…