Case Name: Stillman v. Waterman
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1852-12
Citations: 7 La. Ann. 656
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stillman v. Waterman.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 656–656

Head Matter:
Stillman v. Waterman.
The admission in the answer, that services were rendered, is not an admission of their value
APPEAL from the Third District Court of New Orleans. Kennedy, J.
Stocton and Steele, for plaintiff.
E. H. Durell, for defendant.
Plaintiff, in effect, requested the court to instruct the jury, that as the plaintiff alleged the services to be worth S500, and as it was not denied, it must be considered as admitted that the services were worth that sum. The court refused; and instructed the jury, that “ the defendant admitted the services, but not their value." R.

Opinion:
By the court:
Siideli,, J.
We think the district judge did not err in telling the jury, that the defendant's answer admitted the rendition of the services alleged in the petition, but not their value.
The only remaining question in the case is, whether the amount paid by the defendant is a sufficient compensation for the services rendered to him by the plaintiff. The sum awarded by the jury seems to us low; but we are not prepared to say, that the verdict is so manifestly erroneous, as to authorize a reversal.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.