Gugel v. Olin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dáñe county: G. N. Risjord, Judge. Action by the plaintiff, a Milwaukee lawyer, to recover of the defendants Olin et al., composing the law firm of Olin, Butler, Stebbins & Stroud, practicing at Madison, $400 for legal services rendered at their request and on their implied promise to pay what such services were reasonably worth.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dáñe county: G. N. Risjord, Judge. Action by the plaintiff, a Milwaukee lawyer, to recover of the defendants Olin et al., composing the law firm of Olin, Butler, Stebbins & Stroud, practicing at Madison, $400 for legal services rendered at their request and on their implied promise to pay what such services were reasonably worth. The plaintiff’s work was performed in 1915 in the case of Pfister v. Gugel, then pending in the circuit court for Dane county, in which the defendant (the brother of the plaintiff in the present action) had employed the…
1DissentEschweiler, J.
The general rule is firmly established that where services of a kind for which compensation is usually paid are rendered by one to another upon request, and the results thereof accepted by the latter, nothing being said as to compensation, the law steps in and, creates an obligation to pay for the reasonable value thereof. Miller v. Tracy, 86 Wis. 330, 56 N. W. 866; Williams v. Williams, 114 Wis. 79, 84, 89 N. W. 835; Felker v. Haight, 33 Wis. 259; Kelly v. Houghton, 59 Wis. 400, 18 N. W. 326; Link v. C. & N. W. R. Co. 80 Wis. 304, 50 N. W. 335; Wheeler v. Hall, 41 Wis. 447; Pangborn v.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Miller v. TracyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
- Vilas v. BundyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Williams v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
- Wheeler v. HallWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
- Gessner v. RoemingWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
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