Manning v. Carberry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, for board of Hugh Carberry, from July 11,1892, until May 6, 1896, the time of his death. Trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., who, at the close of the evidence for the plaintiff, ruled that there was no evidence which would authorize the jury to find for the plaintiff, and directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
While the bill of exceptions in this case is somewhat voluminous, as it recites all of the evidence given at the trial, the question presented is a narrow one. Hugh Carberry, for whose board the plaintiff seeks to hold the defendant liable, was the father of the parties to this action, and of John Carberry, a witness in the case. There is no doubt that there is evidence from the plaintiff’s testimony which would authorize the jury in finding that John Carberry came to see the plaintiff on July 9, 1892, and represented that the defendant was going to Glouces*433ter, and sent him down to see if she…
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