Woodruff v. Trost

The evidence in this case covers about 300 pages. To quote it at length would confuse the reader rather than enlighten. As deduced from the pleading and the evidence of the plaintiff a recovery was sought by him on the first count on the theory that the value of the services rendered as a whole was the value of the work done by the plaintiff plus other sums to be determined by how much money the plaintiff’s services saved or helped save the defendant. In paragraph 8 of the plaintiff’s petition he alleges: "“The United States relieved defendant entirely of the additional income-tax assessment…