Legal Opinion
Stoney v. Soar
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 18, 1948PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action of contract to recover from the estate of the plaintiff’s father the value of personal services rendered to him from 1910 until his death in 1943. Exceptions were taken to the denial of two motions for a directed verdict, to the refusal to give requested rulings, and, after a verdict for the plaintiff, to the denial of a motion for a new trial.
The plaintiff’s substitute declaration alleged that “in or about 1910 or 1911 the deceased told the plaintiff that if she, the plaintiff, would continue to live with him upon a farm owned by the deceased at South Acton, Mass., and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Rizzo v. CunninghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Holton v. ShepardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Noyes v. NoyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Dixon v. LamsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Cromwell v. NortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Webber v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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- Jones v. SperingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Cantara v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
- Cummings v. BrenciMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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