M'Gillicuddy v. Cook

Assumpsit. On the trial of this cause m the Circuit Court, the plaintiff proved that in July, 1835, his intestate, Eallihan, being then on his death-bed, delivered to the defendant a sum of money, supposed to be fifty dollars, to be sent to the uncle of Eallihan, in Ireland, for the use of his (Eds) wife. The defendant received the money and said he would send it as directed. About three days thereafter, Eallihan died. This was all the testimony in the case, and, upon it, the Circuit Court gave judgment for the defendant.

In whatever light we view this case, the judgment of the Circuit Court…