Williams v. Clarke
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on an account annexed for services as a housekeeper. Writ dated October 22, 1900. At the trial in the Superior Court before Hardy, J., the jury-returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $671.45; and the defendant alleged exceptions. On March 5,1902, the defendant’s exceptions were allowed.
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Contract on an account annexed for services as a housekeeper. Writ dated October 22, 1900. At the trial in the Superior Court before Hardy, J., the jury-returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $671.45; and the defendant alleged exceptions. On March 5,1902, the defendant’s exceptions were allowed. On March 10,1902, the plaintiff moved for judgment under R. L. c. 173, § 109, on the ground that the defendant’s exceptions were frivolous, immaterial and intended for delay. The judge allowed the motion and ordered judgment to be entered on the first Monday in April and execution to be…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is an action on an account annexed for services as a housekeeper. At the trial the plaintiff was asked concerning a certain conversation "with the defendant, in which, according to another witness, the defendant admitted liability; The parties are colored, and the plaintiff, when she began her account of what was said, seemed more anxious to put in an innuendo concerning some white women whom, she said, the defendant announced his intention of having in the house, than to tell the more material part of the talk. The defendant excepted to the refusal of the court to stop the witness when…
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