Cahill v. Gilman

At the conclusion of the testimony the defendant renewed the motion made and denied at the end of the plaintiff’s case to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to establish any legal contract and that, if he had established any contract at all between himself and the decedent, whose executor he was suing, it was an illegal and void contract. The court reserved decision of the motion and submitted two questions of fact to the jury in manner following:

Question 1. Was the plaintiff, between the 30th day of October, 1907, and the 27th day of August, 1912, employed by…