It was proper to instruct the jury that defendants were liable for the value of plaintiff's services, if they were of such a character and rendered under such circumstances as would indicate to a reasonably intelligent business man that they were not performed gratuitously, and that compensation was expected, the instruction not assuming that plaintiff had rendered all the services for which he asked compensation. Miller v. Early, 22 Ky. L. R. 825, 58 S. W. 789. See also Sec. 956a.