Sorensen v. Sorensen
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Manistee; Cutler (Hal. L.), J. Assumpsit by Sigrid J. Sorensen against Fred W. Sorensen for services rendered. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. Plaintiff is a daughter-in-law of defendant, having married defendant’s son some time prior to the year 1908. In December of that year, after some correspondence, plaintiff and her husband ^removed from Kenosha, Wisconsin, to Michigan, and went upon defendant’s farm in the county of Manistee.
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Error to Manistee; Cutler (Hal. L.), J. Assumpsit by Sigrid J. Sorensen against Fred W. Sorensen for services rendered. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. Plaintiff is a daughter-in-law of defendant, having married defendant’s son some time prior to the year 1908. In December of that year, after some correspondence, plaintiff and her husband ^removed from Kenosha, Wisconsin, to Michigan, and went upon defendant’s farm in the county of Manistee. No arrangement was made between the parties as to possession at that time but in the month of March, 1909, it is the claim of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). Defendant presents his case in this court under 15 assignments of error, which it is unnecessary to consider seriatim. It is first urged that the court erred in holding the so-called assumpsit count sufficient to enable plaintiff to recover upon the quantum meruit. The count is in-artificially drawn, but under the liberal view now held as to pleading, it might be regarded as sufficient to support the judgment. In view of the conclusions we have reached upon another branch of the case, however, it is unnecessary to pass upon the question of pleading.
Assuming the…
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