Estate of Sweeney v. Charpentier

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the defendants, Edward 0. and Mary Frances Charpentier (Charpenti-ers), from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Alice L. Sweeney, in this breaeh-of-contract case. On appeal, the defendants argued that the trial justice erred (1) when he denied their motion in limine to exclude the plaintiffs hearsay statements and subsequently allowed the statements to be admitted at trial, (2) when he instructed the jury on damages and the impossibility of performance, (3) when he denied the…