Leavitt v. Maynes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of contract, against the same defendant, each on an account annexed, the first by a physician for $30 and the second by a nurse for $40.56, for services rendered to the wife of the defendant for a period of a few weeks before May 1, 1915. Writs in the Central District Court of Worcester dated respectively October 8,1915; and June 22,1915. On appeal to the Superior Court the cases were tried together before White, J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Two actions of contract, against the same defendant, each on an account annexed, the first by a physician for $30 and the second by a nurse for $40.56, for services rendered to the wife of the defendant for a period of a few weeks before May 1, 1915. Writs in the Central District Court of Worcester dated respectively October 8,1915; and June 22,1915. On appeal to the Superior Court the cases were tried together before White, J. The evidence is described in the opinion. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in each case, in the first case in the sum of $32.14 and in the second case in…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
These were two independent actions of contract to recover on accounts annexed, in the case of the plaintiff Leavitt for services as physician and in the case of the plaintiff Richardson for services as nurse, which services were rendered to the wife of the defendant for a period between December, 1914, and September, 1915.
The defendant denied that he was liable for the two accounts declared ón by the plaintiffs, because he was living apart from his wife for justifiable cause, to wit: her cruel and abusive treatment. There was testimony by the defendant and various witnesses in his behalf,…
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