Briggs v. Dickey

The plaintiff sued on quantum meruit for the value of services rendered by her to the defendant’s testator and his wife beginning March 4, 1949, and ending September 30, 1957. She alleged she rendered the services in consideration of a promise on the part of the defendant’s testator that he would devise to her a certain described farm containing 75 acres in Guilford County; that he accepted the services 'but failed to make the devise as promised; that her services were reasonably worth $10,200.00, for which she asked judgment.

After a denial of the material allegations of the complaint, the…