Roberts v. Roberts

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OPINION

In this case the trial court at the close of all the evidence directed a verdict for defendant. The plaintiff sued defendant, who was administrator of the estate of Ora P. Roberts for money, the petition containing three causes of action. The first two are for money claimed to be due plaintiff as wages for services rendered Ora P. Roberts in his lifetime, the first declaring upon an express contract and the second upon a quantum meruit or implied contract.…