Stewart v. Claudius

The complaint herein set up four causes of action for the recovery of the sum of $857.79 and interest. The first and second causes of action were based respectively on an open book account and an account stated, for services rendered; the third was for the reasonable value of services, and the fourth declared on a written contract for the payment of tuition for defendant’s son in a military academy operated by plaintiff. The answer denied generally the allegations of the complaint and pleaded the statute of limitations. The cause was tried before the court sitting without a jury, and at the…