Shanks v. Lavallee

This is an action of assumpsit, in the common counts, with specifications for money loaned. No plea was filed so a general denial is considered as pleaded. V. S. 47, §1613-11. Trial was by jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The case is here on the defendant’s exceptions to the refusal of the lower court to direct a verdict for the defendant as to two items of $400 and $850 in the specifications and on the defendant’s exceptions to the charge.

The defendant’s brief limits the grounds of his motions for a verdict to the claims that the burden of showing that the moneys…