Dolan v. Brooks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover the price of a dress furnished by the plaintiff to the wife of the defendant. At the trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Dunbar, J., there was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff was a dressmaker in Boston; that on or about April 2, 1895, the wife of the defendant ordered from her an imported French costume, consisting of a waist, skirt, and cape, at an agreed price of two hundred dollars; that the cape was delivered to the wife…
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Contract, to recover the price of a dress furnished by the plaintiff to the wife of the defendant. At the trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Dunbar, J., there was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff was a dressmaker in Boston; that on or about April 2, 1895, the wife of the defendant ordered from her an imported French costume, consisting of a waist, skirt, and cape, at an agreed price of two hundred dollars; that the cape was delivered to the wife of the defendant on or about April 20, 1895; that she subsequently had the balance of the costume fitted to her two or…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The plaintiff does not rely upon the exceptions which she took to the admission of evidence, but she insists that the rulings requested by her should have been given.
The case was tried without a jury, and the court found generally for the defendant. One question was whether credit was given to the husband or to the wife. It is possible that the judge may have found that credit was given to the wife and not to the husband. If so, that disposed of the case on a ground which rendered inapplicable the rulings which were requested. The plaintiff contends, however, that the fact that the judge…
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