Schroeder v. Schroeder

The petition was in counts covering the several claims. To the count seeking recovery for services rendered the defendant there was a general denial. It was nowhere pleaded by the defendant that such services were gratuitous or performed as a member of his family, and we find nothing in the record which indicates that the case was tried below on the théory that there was such an issue. The main contest seems to have been over the question of the abandonment of the plaintiff’s life tenancy, and the defendant’s claim was that the plaintiff had surrendered it to him under a contract whereby he…