Tucker v. Grover
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The facts are stated in the opinion. The complaint made no reference to the parol contract for the conveyance of land under which the services were rendered and the money expended.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The facts are stated in the opinion. The complaint made no reference to the parol contract for the conveyance of land under which the services were rendered and the money expended. There was a verdict for the plaintiff; a motion for a new trial was denied; and the defendant appealed .from the judgment. contended, inter alia, that the action was upon an implied promise of the defendant to pay for plaintiff’s services, etc., quantum meruit, and that the void contract made before the services were rendered was therefore irrelevant. The cause of…
1Opinion of the CourtOrton, J.
The complaint is for work and labor done and services rendered and for money laid out and expended at defendant’s request. The answer is a general denial. To establish his claim the plaintiff gave evidence tending to show that a verbal contract had been entered into between the plaintiff and defendant, and one McArthur, in substance, that the plaintiff and McArthur should look up, examine, and enter in the name of the defendant, pine lands, the defendant furnishing the money for such entries, and that.when they had been so entered, the defendant, in consideration of such services and…
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