MORRIS v. RUSSELL

No. 7630.

120 Utah 545 (1951)

236 P.2d 451

MORRIS v. RUSSELL et ux.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Decided October 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry H. Burnham, Richards & Bird and Dan S. Bushnell, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

Elliott W. Evans and Mary Condas, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice.

This action was started by William Shields to recover money for working for the defendants. A jury awarded him $4,500. Shields died after the trial; his administrator is respondent on this appeal.

Defendants rely on three points in seeking reversal:

(1) That it was error for the court to vacate its order dismissing the quantum meruit count following the close of the plaintiff's case and to submit the case to the jury on that theory...

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