Case Name: Edward Provost vs. H. B. Carlin
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-06
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 595
Docket Number: No. 923
Parties: Edward Provost vs. H. B. Carlin.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 595–596

Head Matter:
No. 923.
Edward Provost vs. H. B. Carlin.
Plaintiff, having elected to sue on a contract which he failed to establish, can not recover on a auantummern.it. But as he served defendant in the capacity of an overseer, his right to demand the value of his services should be reserved to him.
APPEAL from the Third District Court, parish of St. Mary. Train, J.
B. L. Belden, for plaintiff and appellee.
Allen & Foster, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Wylt, J.
Plaintiff sued defendant on a contract for twenty-seven hundred dollars for his services as overseer for twenty-seven months on the plantation of defendant.
The evidence fails to show a contract; j laintiff and defendant never came to an agreement as to the amount the former was to receive for his services. As plaintiff elected to sue on a contract he can not recover on a quantum meruit. As he served defendant, as overseer, his right to demand the value of his services should be reserved to him.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment herein in favor of plaintiff be annulled, and plaintiff's demand be rejected with costs of both courts, reserving plaintiff's right to sue for the value of his services hereafter.