Converse v. Morse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. — Hon. C. H. Kelley, Judge. Action to recover compensation, for services rendered under contract and for other items of indebtedness arising out of an implied contract. There was a trial before a jury; but at the conclusion of the evidence offered by both parties the court on plaintiff’s motion directed a verdict in his behalf for $330, which was, with the exception of one small item of claim, the entire amount sued for by plaintiff.
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Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. — Hon. C. H. Kelley, Judge. Action to recover compensation, for services rendered under contract and for other items of indebtedness arising out of an implied contract. There was a trial before a jury; but at the conclusion of the evidence offered by both parties the court on plaintiff’s motion directed a verdict in his behalf for $330, which was, with the exception of one small item of claim, the entire amount sued for by plaintiff. From a judgment on this verdict, defendant appeals.- —
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The principal items of plaintiff’s claim were for the agreed compensation to be paid to plaintiff on account of the services of himself and a son for working on defendant’s farm under a written contract. But plaintiff also claimed under an oral contract for services of another son without specification of rate of compensation to he paid, for which services plaintiff claimed that defendant was indebted at the rate of $20 per month, .which was the reasonable and fair value of said services. There was a further claim for board furnished to defendant and also to threshers and men assisting in…
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