Crane v. Ganung
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Marianne H. Gaming, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the-office of the clerk of the county of Putnam on the 31st day of May*. 1902, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office, on the 18th day of .June, 1902, denying the: defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
I think that the services were rendered under circumstances; which warranted reasonable expectation by the plaintiff that the; defendant would pay for them. If so, the law may imply a promise of payment. (Davidson v. Westchester Gas Light Co., 99 N. Y. 558.) The parties are not akin. The plaintiff is apparently a. man in humble circumstances. The defendant is the owner of considerable property, and apparently well-to-do. The many services; detailed by the plaintiff were of divers kinds, and of a character often required of a,man on the practical side of a well-to-do woman’s-affairs.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Davidson v. . Westchester Gas-Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Peters v. AdamsOneida County Court · 1921
- Giroux v. McCreaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
- Hart v. MaloneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905