Perry v. Lord
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
' Contract by an attorney on an account annexed. The first item was on June 27, 1868, for consultation and professional services, $5.00. The second was on September 18, 1868, for consultation and professional services and retainer, $405.00. The third was on June 2, 1869, for consultation and professional services, $5.00. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Seudder, J., the plaintiff testified substantially as follows : “ About June 27,1868, the defendant sent for me…
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' Contract by an attorney on an account annexed. The first item was on June 27, 1868, for consultation and professional services, $5.00. The second was on September 18, 1868, for consultation and professional services and retainer, $405.00. The third was on June 2, 1869, for consultation and professional services, $5.00. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Seudder, J., the plaintiff testified substantially as follows : “ About June 27,1868, the defendant sent for me to his house in East Boston. I went and found him in bed. He said he had been injured by being run into by the cars of…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
Trial by jury having been waived, the court found for the plaintiff for a retainer, three consultations and interest, and reported the case on the question whether the statements in the report are sufficient to authorize the finding. They would authorize the judge to find that the defendant had a claim which he intended to prosecute at law until he should obtain it; that he repeatedly sent for the plaintiff, procured him to visit him at his house, and employed him to assist him as counsel and help him through his whole case, and that the plaintiff agreed to do so, and gave him advice several…
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