Waukesha Spa v. First Wisconsin Trust Co.

The following opinion was filed February 4, 1936:

Rosenberry, C. J.

It is the contention of the claimant that the trustee is liable upon implied contract, relying upon such cases as Grotjan v. Rice, 124 Wis. 253, 102 N. W. 551, and other cases. In that case it was said:

“If a person labors for another, with that other’s knowledge and consent, no rate of compensation being fixed and no express contract being made or request to do' the work' being shown, the law presumes, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that such person expected to receive and such other to pay compensation for the…