Legal Opinion
Mount Ida School, Inc. v. Gilman
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 12, 1924PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
The plaintiff seeks recovery under a contract with the defendant, Nellie Gilman, by which it agreed to take her daughter, Alene Gilman, as a pupil in its boarding school at Newton, Mass., for the year commencing September 26, 1918. The complaint is in contract and the answer is the general issue with a notice of the special defense of fraud. A jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff alleges error.
The court below admitted evidence tending to show that the contract was induced by fraud as alleged in the notice, charged the jury that, if established, this…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Fassett v. Town of RoxburySupreme Court of Vermont · 1883
- Dernier v. Rutland Railway, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1920
- Graves v. Town of WaitsfieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1908
- State v. WarnerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917
- Burlington Grocery Co. v. LinesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Shores v. SimantonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1925
- Petition of ReedSupreme Court of Vermont · 1970
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