Barrett v. Greenall

This case comes to the Court on exceptions by the plaintiff to the action of the justice presiding in the Trial Court in directing a verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, and a single exception to an evidence ruling which it is not necessary to consider.

Plaintiff’s declaration, as amended, sets forth in two counts, one of which is a general omnibus count with a specification that reiterates the allegations of the other as to the sum of $300 paid by him to the defendant on named dates, that an oral or verbal contract for the sale of a cottage and lot by the…