Kendall v. Chapel

Plaintiff brought suit on the common counts to recover for services rendered to an architect under an express contract, stated by him in his testimony, as follows:

“This was a proposition I went and made to Mr. Chapel myself voluntarily, and I continued there from time to time as I have stated. I had a talk with Mr. Chapel in December, 1900, and agreed to stay the next year and work for him, do such work as he had there in the office, that he would pay me ten per cent., and that is what he stated to me at that time, and I went along and did the work there as I have stated, and in addition to…