Kriger v. Leppel

This was an action to recover on the quantum meruit for some seven months’ services as a farm laborer, rendered by plaintiff for defendant. The defence was that the services were rendered under a contract by which plaintiff agreed to work for one year at a fixed gross price, agreed by defendant to be paid therefor at the end of the year, and that the plaintiff, without just *7cause, ceased work before the end of the year. The plaintiff in his reply denies the contract, and alleges good cause for quitting work. On the trial evidence was given from which the jury might have found either way, —…