Porter v. Whitlock
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court. — Hon. D. M. Anderson, Judge. Action to recover for tbe value of services rendered. by plaintiff to defendant in part performance of a contract of employment. Items were set off and counterclaimed for defendant. There was a verdict for plaintiff, and from judgment thereon, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
Plaintiff entered into defendant’s employment as a farm laborer, under a written contract specifying a rate per month of compensation for one year, with free rent of a house, to be occupied by plaintiff and his family, on defendant’s premises. At the end of about six months the plaintiff terminated the employment, and left the premises, for the alleged reason that defendant had made improper proposals to, and attempted indecent liberties with, plaintiff’s wife in the house occupied by plaintiff under the contract. Plaintiff sues for the rea*68sonable and fair value of the services rendered, by…
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- Fox v. WunderlichSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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