Corinne Mill, Canal & Stock Co. v. Toponce

Citations

• 152 U.S. 405
• 14 S. Ct. 632
• 38 L. Ed. 493
• 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2130

Syllabus

<p>The jury having in this case practically affirmed the truth of the plaintiff’s story, this court accepts the result.</p> <p>When services in the management of a farm and household in Utah are per- . formed under a general retainer, without any express agreement as to the time or measure of compensation or the term of the employment, and such services continue for a series of years, no payments being made, and there is a mutual, open and current account between the manager and the proprietors, into which the matter of compensation enters as one of the items, the cause of action must-be deemed to have accrued at the date of the last item proved in the account on either side.</p>