Horne v. Richards
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions by defendant. This is an action of assumpsit on an account annexed and a count upon a quantum meruit, to recover for hauling and loading on cars 71 coi'ds of wood. The verdict was for plaintiff for $63.67. The defendant excepted to certain rulings and instructions of the presiding Justice, and filed a general motion for a new trial. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Assumpsit on an account annexed containing a count upon a quantum meruit to recover for hauling and loading on cars 71 cords of wood. The verdict was for $63.67, and the case comes up on defendant’s exceptions and motion for a new trial.
The case shows that the parties on November 28, 1912, entered into a written contract under seal whereby the plaintiff agreed to haul and load on cars all of the defendant’s wood cut on the Mason lots, so-called, for $1.00 per cord, and the defendant on his part agreed to. pay the price specified for the work and in addition “to swamp the roads through and by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fitzgerald v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Bailey v. MardenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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