Moore v. Sedig

OPINION

CHADICK, Justice.

This is an appeal in a nonjury case tried in Dallas County Court at Law No. 2. Mr. Hugh Sedig d/b/a Snelling and Snelling, an employment agency, as plaintiff, sued James W. Moore, D.D.S., M.S.D., as defendant. The suit was grounded upon a sworn account and alternatively quantum meru-it. Mr. Sedig claimed Dr. Moore was indebted to him in the amount of $2,595.00 for personal services rendered in finding and referring an orthodontic chair-side assistant (nurse) to Dr. Moore whom the doctor eventually hired.

The basic dispute underlying the lawsuit is whether or not James…