Joyce v. Miami County National Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The plaintiff sued to recover attorney’s fees for professional services rendered the defendant. Judgment was entered in his favor and the defendant appeals.

The employment originated with the following letter from the defendant to the plaintiff, dated June 26, 1893:.

“Inclosed I send you three notes given by Hanways to this Bank. Please don’t mention to anyone in Franklin Co., Kansas, what we are trying to do in Texas. Don’t mention to Texas what we are trying to do in Kansas, not now at least. These notes were charged to *747P & Loss long ago, and…