Thibault v. DeVio

This is an action of contract to recover for services rendered by the plaintiff to a Miss Dudley, the defendant’s testate, late of Worcester, from 1912 to 1942. The answer was a general denial. The jury returned a verdict for .the plaintiff for $335. No exception was taken to the instructions given as to the measure of damages, but the defendant excepted to the refusal of a request for a. ruling that damages in excess of nominal damages could not be awarded because there was no evidence of the value of the plaintiff’s services.

*606The jury could find that Miss Dudley had submitted to an operation…