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32 Me. 165

Mudge v. Pierce

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 1, 1850

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1850-07-01

Assumpsit. Humbert had an interest in a lot of land. The plaintiff owned an adjoining lot. They arranged that one Bachelder should cut and haul timber from said land at a fixed rate per thousand feet. Bachelder entered upon the work but soon quit it.

Decided 1850-07-01

Howard, J.,

¶1orally.—The objection as to Mudgett’s testimony cannot prevail, because he testified finally as to his knowledge of the quantity of timber, irrespective of the scale bill.

¶2The instruction, that the letter from the defendant should be first read was correct.

¶3The defendant requested instruction, that the plaintiff could not recover except upon some contract by the defendant to refund the money. The ruling was that as the defendant had received the $200, that was a sufficient consideration, if the defendant had promised to repay. We consider the letter to contain such a promise. Exceptions overruled.

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