Taylor v. Cathey

This is a suit for damages by Lucy C. Taylor against Jennie Cathey, as executrix of the estate of C. M. Coleman, deceased, for breach of a written contract entered into by plaintiff with C. M. Coleman, the testatrix.

There were three counts in the complaint. The defendant pleaded general issue. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, and from a judgment thereon by the court, the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

The agreement between plaintiff and C. M. Coleman, the testatrix, alleged to have been breached, is thus stated in count 1; -

“A certain written contract or agreement made…