Grime v. Borden

Three actions op contract, the second in the plaintiff’s name as trustee, and all for the use and benefit of Mary A. Borden, to recover the sum of one hundred dollars a month for different periods of time, under an indenture executed by the plaintiff and a husband and wife, after the last two named had separated and were living apart. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Lillet/, J„ the ' defendant requested the judge, 1. to direct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant; 2. to rule that, if the plaintiff could recover any damages, he could recover only nominal dam- ' ages. The…