Wells v. Perkins
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Kenosha County. Tbe nature of the action and the substance of the pleadings are stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Cole.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Kenosha County. Tbe nature of the action and the substance of the pleadings are stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Cole. Among other things, the plaintiff testified as follows: “Defendant is my stepfather; he married my mother about I860. I worked at home and lived in the family until I was twenty-one years old, which was July 1, 1872. About July 2, 1872, I thought of going out to work, and I told the defendant that I was intending to go out on the prairie to work. He said: ‘ I want you to stay, and I will pay you more than any one else; I can rely on you…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
This is an action by a stepson to recover for labor done and services performed, after his majority, for the defendant, under an agreement to be paid what such services were reasonably worth. One ground of defense set up in the answer was, that during the time these services were rendered, the plaintiff lived in and was a member of the family of the defendant, and performed the services in consideration of a home, clothing, board, medical attendance, and spending money, furnished him by the defendant, and denying in effect that the services were rendered under an agreement to pay for them.…
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