111 N.Y.S. 676 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1908
The plaintiff brings this action to recover the sum of $324.31 for work, labor and services alleged to have been performed by him at the request of the defendant, the complaint alleging that this was the fair and reasonable value of such services, and that the defendant promised and agreed to pay. The defendant admitted that the plaintiff had performed the work, but alleged that the same was performed under an agreement that it should not cost to exceed $150, which the defendant was willing to pay. The evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury upon a distinct conflict between the parties, and the principal question urged upon this appeal is whether the verdict for $300, instead of $324.31 demanded by the plaintiff, should be permitted to stand as against the appeal of the defendant. It is urged that the verdict was the result of a compromise and that the defendant is aggrieved by the fact that the verdict is not for the full amount claimed. We are of the opinion that there is no merit in this contention. The complaint, it is true, alleges that the services were performed; that they were of the fair and reasonable value of $324.31 and that the defendant had promised and agreed to pay, but this was not a liquidated claim ; it did not pretend to be. The separate defense pleaded was that the defendant agreed to pay not more than $150, and the issue was whether this was the contract or whether the plaintiff performed the services and was entitled to the fair and reasonable value of
Wé think there is no reversible error in the court permitting the
The judgment appealed from should be affirmed, with costs.
Hooker, G-aynor, Rich and Hiller, JJ., concurred.
Judgment of the Municipal Court affirmed, with costs.