Albert A. Coken Inc. v. Dean

This action of the case in assumpsit was tried before a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury and resulted in a decision for the defendant. It is before us on the plaintiff’s exception to such decision.

The plaintiff, a Rhode Island corporation, sought to recover the balance due on a fur coat purchased from it by defendant’s wife on October 27, 1952. The wife died on February 5, 1953. There was testimony for plaintiff that after the purchase the defendant promised to pay for this coat, but he emphatically denied having made such promise.

It was agreed by counsel, apparently in…