Clement v. Cartwright

Opinion of the Court, by

Dole, J.

This is an action of assumpsit in which the plaintiff claims of the defendant, executor of the will of Maria King, deceased, a certain sum of money for services alleged to have been performed by him for her during her lifetime, at her request- The case was tried at the last January Term of this Court; the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, to which the plaintiff excepted as contrary to the law and evidence, and afterwards filed a motion for a new trial on the following grounds: “1. That the verdict of the jury is contrary to law and the weight of…