​M Civ JI 226.01 Form of Verdict: Claim for Services Rendered

We, the jury, make the following answers to the questions submitted by the Court:

QUESTION NO. 1: Did the claimant perform services beneficial to [ name of decedent ], or at the request of [ name of decedent ]?

Answer: ____ (yes or no)

If your answer is “no,” do not answer any further questions.

QUESTION NO. 2: Did the claimant perform these services expecting to be paid?

Answer: ____ (yes or no)

If your answer is “no,” do not answer any further questions.

QUESTION NO. 3: Did [ name of decedent ] accept the benefits of these services, expecting to pay the claimant?

Answer: ____ (yes or no)

If your answer is “no,” do not answer any further questions.

*PART A

QUESTION NO. A4: What is the reasonable value of the services?

Answer: $________.____

*PART B

QUESTION NO. B4: Did [ name of decedent ] intend to have the claimant paid after death from [ his / her ] estate?

Answer: ____ (yes or no)

QUESTION NO. B5: If your answer to Question No. B4 is “yes,” then state the reasonable value of the claimant’s services:

$________.____

QUESTION NO. B6: If your answer to Question No. B4 is “no,” then state the reasonable value of the services performed by the claimant between [ date 6 years prior to death ] and [ date of death ].

$________.____

Note on Use

*The Court must select part A or part B to submit to the jury.

History

M Civ JI 226.01 was added February 1987.