Nelson v. Massman Construction Co.

Plaintiff brought this suit to recover the reasonable value of services alleged to have been rendered by him to the defendant under an oral contract. The judgment was for plaintiff in the sum of $5500. The defendant has appealed.

The evidence shows that in the year 1926 defendant was engaged in railroad construction and river work; that plaintiff was experienced in highway work; that the parties, defendant acting through its president, H.J. Massman, entered into an oral contract concerning the matter of procuring highway construction work. The plaintiff testified that the parties agreed that…