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  "id": 2920025,
  "name": "Clara Purtle, Appellee, v. Harry Caldwell, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Purtle v. Caldwell",
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  "first_page": "35",
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      "cite": "208 Ill. App. 35"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "batch": "2018"
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    "parties": [
      "Clara Purtle, Appellee, v. Harry Caldwell, Appellant."
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Eldredge\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "A. E. Taff, for appellant.",
      "Harvey H. Atherton, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Clara Purtle, Appellee, v. Harry Caldwell, Appellant.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\nAppeal Aim ebbob, \u00a7 1779 \u2014when instructions reversibly erroneous because not in conformance with evidence. In an action to recover upon an express contract denied by defendant for services performed at an agreed price, where instructions stated, in substance, that even if the jury believed from the evidence that no definite amount was agreed upon yet defendant would be liable to pay plaintiff a reasonable compensation for the services performed, and there was no evidence whatever as to what the services were reasonably worth, held that a judgment for plaintiff should be reversed.\nAppeal from the County Court of Fulton county; the Hon. Hobabt S. Boyd, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1917.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed October 11, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction of assumpsit by Clara Purtle, plaintiff, against Harry Caldwell, defendant, to recover for services performed by plaintiff in caring for defendant\u2019s mother at defendant\u2019s request. Prom a judgment for plaintiff for $387, defendant appeals.\nA. E. Taff, for appellant.\nHarvey H. Atherton, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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