Littlefield v. Cook
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions by the defendants. Motion not considered. Exceptions sustained. This is an action of assumpsit upon an account annexed, brought by Harold D. Littlefield against H. M. Cook and F. Wade Halliday, administrators of the Estate of Margaret A. Littlefield, late of Newport, deceased, to recover for services rendered to, and disbursements made for, the defendant’s intestate.
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On motion and exceptions by the defendants. Motion not considered. Exceptions sustained. This is an action of assumpsit upon an account annexed, brought by Harold D. Littlefield against H. M. Cook and F. Wade Halliday, administrators of the Estate of Margaret A. Littlefield, late of Newport, deceased, to recover for services rendered to, and disbursements made for, the defendant’s intestate. Plea, the general issue, with brief statement, in which it is claimed that plaintiff never presented the claim to the administrators, as required by law. In the course of the trial, the defendant had…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
This is a suit to recover for services rendered to, and disbursements made for, the defendant’s intestate. The plaintiff recovered a verdict, and the case comes before this Court on the defendant’s motion for a new trial, and exceptions.
1. One of the exceptions was to the refusal of the presiding Justice to direct a verdict for the defendants, particularly on the ground that the claim had not been presented to the administrators in writing, or filed in the Probate Court, supported by ah affidavit of the claimant, or of some other person cognizant thereof before or within eighteen months after…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Silverstein v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. DoughtySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- State v. KouzounasSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1941
- State v. LizotteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Johnson v. WhitehandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Eddy v. StarbirdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1937
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