Bouchard v. Jacques

DELAHANTY, Justice.

Plaintiff Joseph Bouchard instituted a civil action in the Superior Court (York County) against his son-in-law Lucien Jacques. On December 4, 1975 a jury found for plaintiff in the amount of $10,000.00. Defendant appeals from the judgment as well as from the denial of the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

We sustain the appeal.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: In 1966 Jacques and his wife Ruth (plaintiff’s daughter) planned to build a house on Sunset Avenue in Biddeford. The parties orally agreed that the house would include…