Hansell v. Erickson
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace in Henry county, and taken by appeal to the Circuit Court. The plaintiff below sought to recover on "quantum , meruit for work and labor. The defendant below, appellant here, claimed that what services had been rendered, were so rendered under a contract made by appellee to work for several months at fifteen dollars per month, but he had quit work before the expiration of the time agreed upon.
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This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace in Henry county, and taken by appeal to the Circuit Court. The plaintiff below sought to recover on "quantum , meruit for work and labor. The defendant below, appellant here, claimed that what services had been rendered, were so rendered under a contract made by appellee to work for several months at fifteen dollars per month, but he had quit work before the expiration of the time agreed upon. The proof sustained the position assunied by appellant, it appearing that appellee had worked about four months and a half, and left the…
1Opinion of the CourtBeeese, J.
The principles involved in this case have been so long settled that it seems a waste of time to argue upon them. This case does not differ materially from those of Eldridge v. Rowe, 2 Gilm. 96, Badgely v. Heald, 4 ib. 66, and Swanzy v. Moore, 22 Ill. 62, decided by this court, and they are in conformity with the decisions of many of the States of this Union.
The principle is, that when a person agrees to work upon ' the farm, or other business, of another, in the performance of such services as are usually incident to the kind of business for which he is engaged, for a certain time, for a…
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