Sullivan v. Sheehan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, for money had and received. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,737.55; and the defendant alleged exceptions, in substance as follows. •The plaintiff, who was a widower, over seventy years of age, without issue living, and with no near relative in the United States except a brother in St. Louis, was, at the time of the occurrence of the events hereinafter described, living at the…
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Contract, for money had and received. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,737.55; and the defendant alleged exceptions, in substance as follows. •The plaintiff, who was a widower, over seventy years of age, without issue living, and with no near relative in the United States except a brother in St. Louis, was, at the time of the occurrence of the events hereinafter described, living at the defendant’s house in Randolph. On or about June 16, 1896, certain moneys on deposit to the credit of the plaintiff, in two…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
It is conceded that the jury has found, under correct instructions, that the money for which the plaintiff *364sues was his property, and the present contention is as to the instructions given to the jury upon the question whether or not the plaintiff can recover for that portion of his money which the defendant spent in company with the plaintiff "going about from place to place, and drinking and squandering money.
The finding of the jury shows that the arrangement between the parties was as claimed by the plaintiff, and that the defendant was to care for the plaintiff as well as to take charge…
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