Daggett v. Simonds
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, against the executor of the will of Esther L. Robbins, upon a promissory note for $500, dated September 24,1894, payable to the plaintiff on demand, and signed by the testatrix. Trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows. Hattie A. Ray, called as a witness by the plaintiff, testified that the note in suit was signed by the defendant’s testatrix, Esther L. Robbins.
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Contract, against the executor of the will of Esther L. Robbins, upon a promissory note for $500, dated September 24,1894, payable to the plaintiff on demand, and signed by the testatrix. Trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows. Hattie A. Ray, called as a witness by the plaintiff, testified that the note in suit was signed by the defendant’s testatrix, Esther L. Robbins. On cross-examination the witness testified that Robbins died in Lawrence on June 16, 1895; that the witness had been in her employ for thirteen years before…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This is an action against the executor of the will of Esther L. Robbins to recover the amount of a promissory note made by the testatrix. The evidence tended to show that this note and three other notes payable to different persons were sealed up in an envelope by the testatrix before her death and handed to one Hattie A. Ray, who had been employed by her for thirteen years and was on intimate terms with her, working about the house and assisting her in different ways. The witness Ray testified that, when the testatrix handed her the note, she said, “ I do not feel as if I have paid Aunt…
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