Vititoe v. Shea

O’NIELL, O. J.

This is a suit on a verbal contract for services rendered by the plaintiff as a trainer of race horses. The suit was for $3,435 as the balance due, but the plaintiff entered a remittitur for $600. He sued W. A. Shea and James J. White, Jr., averring that they were the joint owners of the horses that he was employed to train and were therefore liable in solido for the services he had rendered. Shea resides in New York and White in Massachusetts. An attachment was levied on three of the horses, which were released to Shea on a forthcoming bond. White pleaded that he was not…