Legal Opinion

Hatley v. Killion

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 31, 1942Published

1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.

This is an action of contract to recover the reasonable value of services rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant’s testatrix from May 16, 1928, to February 1, 1932. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant’s only exception is to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict, and the sole question raised is whether the plaintiff’s cause of action was barred by the statute of limitations, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 260, § 2, First, which provides, among other things, that actions of contract founded *294upon contracts or liabilities, express or implied, shall, except as otherwise…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Daniels v. NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
  2. Rizzo v. CunninghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  3. Parker v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  4. Converse v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  5. Tirrell v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923

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