Fondelier v. Riddle

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

'The plaintiff, Harry Fondelier, brought an action in assumpsit to recover the sum of $1816 with interest from January 18, 1941, for personal services rendered to his uncle, Christ Keene, deceased, from September 15, 1937, until his uncle’s death January 18, 1941, a total of 174 weeks. The claim was based on an alleged oral contract whereby the deceased agreed to pay the plaintiff the sum of $10 a week, together with certain sums of money he advanced to his uncle from time to time.

There was insufficient proof to permit a recovery for the money loaned. That question was…