Winter v. Greiling
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Eugene ¡3. Elliott, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover the value of services. The action was commenced December 12, 1899, and the complaint alleges that from December 13, 1893, to October, 1898, the plaintiff worked for the defendant doing washing, laundry work, and cleaning, for a time amounting to 993 days, and that such services were reasonably worth the sum of $1 per day.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Eugene ¡3. Elliott, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover the value of services. The action was commenced December 12, 1899, and the complaint alleges that from December 13, 1893, to October, 1898, the plaintiff worked for the defendant doing washing, laundry work, and cleaning, for a time amounting to 993 days, and that such services were reasonably worth the sum of $1 per day. The answer admits that the plaintiff rendered some services for the defendant of the character claimed, but denies the amount claimed by the…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
We find ample evidence in tRe record to sustain tRe findings of fact of tRe trial court; Renee tRe only question for serious consideration is wRetRer tRose findings and tRe undisputed facts sustain tRe judgment. It is claimed Ry tRe appellant tRat tRe facts Rring tRe case witRin tRe cases wRicR Rold tRat no contract will Re implied to pay for services rendered Ry one memfier of a family to anotRer, Rut tRat sucR services are presumed to Re gratuitous, and tRat an express contract to pay for tRe same must Re proven, in order to justify a recovery. TRe question as to wRen sucR a presumption…
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