Campbell v. Brosius

Irvine, C.

This action was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error to recover upon a quantum, meruit *793for digging two wells for the plaintiff in error. The petition alleged that the reasonable value of digging the first, well was $75, and of the second $35. The answer did not deny these allegations of value, and the only evidence in any way relating to the value of the work is found in the testimony of the defendant in error, where he states that a fair compensation for the first well would be seventy-five cents a foot, the well being 100 feet deep. The evidence shows…