Carpenter v. Hammond

As no express contract was made by or on behalf of defendant for the services of plaintiff’s assignor as unofficial stenographer in the proceedings instituted against defendant to have him declared an incompetent, a recovery by plaintiff may only be upheld in this case upon the theory of an implied contract. The defendant could not have prevented the employment of a stenographer by the petitioner in the proceedings instituted against him, and his acquiescence to the extent of incurring an obligation to pay for the copy of the stenographer’s minutes furnished to the commissioners may scarcely…