White v. Dougherty
Superior Court of Delaware
Action of Assumpsit (No. 119, May Term, 1907), to recover for work and labor done and services rendered and performed to Thomas McHugh during his lifetime; the total claim of the plaintiff being for 897 days at one dollar per day, or $897, with interest from December 14th, 1906. The pleas were non-assumpsit, payment, statute of limitations and set-off. Writ of Error sued out of the Supreme Court by defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff.
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Action of Assumpsit (No. 119, May Term, 1907), to recover for work and labor done and services rendered and performed to Thomas McHugh during his lifetime; the total claim of the plaintiff being for 897 days at one dollar per day, or $897, with interest from December 14th, 1906. The pleas were non-assumpsit, payment, statute of limitations and set-off. Writ of Error sued out of the Supreme Court by defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. (See decision of Supreme Court, 2 Boyce.) After testifying that he was the plaintiff and was not related in any way to Thomas McHugh, the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Conrad, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
Two notes have been offered in evidence bearing date December seventh, 1905, and October fifteenth, 1906, made and delivered by the plaintiff to the deceased. The issue in this case is whether the plaintiff performed certain services for Thomas McHugh, during the period extending from June 1904 to December 1906, the time of his death, for which the estate of the deceased is liable. The plaintiff relies upon an implied contract. The defendant contends that no services were performed by the plaintiff for which the defendant is bound to pay. These…
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