Baird v. Crank

Belcher, C.

Plaintiff commenced this action on the eighteenth day of May, 1889, to recover a balance due upon an account stated. It is alleged in the complaint that prior to the third day of July, 1888, at the city and county of San Francisco, plaintiff had done and performed for defendant, at his special instance and request, a large amount of services and labor, for which defendant was justly indebted to plaintiff in a large sum of money, and that on the day named it was agreed between the parties that such services were reasonably worth the sum of five thousand dollars, and defendant agreed…