Case Name: Mary A. Collins vs. Robert F. Carroll, Exr.
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1910-02-25
Citations: 30 R.I. 308
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary A. Collins vs. Robert F. Carroll, Exr.
Judges: Present: Dubois, O. J., Blodgett, Johnson, Parkhurst, and Sweetland, JJ.
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 308–310

Head Matter:
Mary A. Collins vs. Robert F. Carroll, Exr.
FEBRUARY 25, 1910.
Present: Dubois, O. J., Blodgett, Johnson, Parkhurst, and Sweetland, JJ.
(1) New Trial. Verdict Approved by Trial Justice.
Evidence considered, and held, that case was submitted to jury under suitable instructions, and, there being nothing to indicate an exception to the rule adopted in Wilcox v. B. I. Co., 29 R. I. 292, the verdict, approved by the justice presiding at the trial, ought not to be disturbed.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an action of assumpsit, whereby the plaintiff seeks to recover the value of her personal services, rendered to Ellen Dailey during a period covering several years, in the latter portion of her lifetime, from the executor of her will. The amount of the claim, duly filed by the plaintiff in the Municipal Court, against the estate of Ellen Dailey, was $850; but upon trial, the jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $600.
A majority of the court are of the opinion that the case was properly submitted to the jury under suitable instructions and that their verdict, approved by the justice who presided at the trial, ought not to be disturbed.
There is nothing to indicate that this case constitutes an exception to the general rule indicated in Wilcox v. Rhode Island Co., 29 R. I. 292.
The case is remitted to the Superior Court, with direction to enter judgment on the verdict.