Weed v. Bond
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint on Note, in Dougherty Superior Court. Before Powers, Judge, December Term, 1856. In 1850, James Bond, the defendant below, employed B. K. & J. B. Hines, attorneys at law - in the city of Macon, Georgia, to undertake in their professional capacity, the recovery of certain lands in Cherokee, Georgia, which it was alleged had been fraudulently sold by Wm. F. Bond.
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Complaint on Note, in Dougherty Superior Court. Before Powers, Judge, December Term, 1856. In 1850, James Bond, the defendant below, employed B. K. & J. B. Hines, attorneys at law - in the city of Macon, Georgia, to undertake in their professional capacity, the recovery of certain lands in Cherokee, Georgia, which it was alleged had been fraudulently sold by Wm. F. Bond. By agreement between the parties, said attorneys were to receive $500 for a fee certain, and $1,000 more in the event of success. In 1851, this contract was annulled, and another of identically the same .character and in the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
It seems from the evidence in this case, that the attorneys failed “to-attend in person, or by” any other “competent attorney, to the suit, until the rendition of a judgement” therein.
And the question is, whether such failure made the note they took for their services void, although it had been trans*197ferred to the plaintiff. The Court below held that it did,, and this Court holds so too.
The whole question depends on an act of the Legislature.. That act is as follows :
“Section 1. From and after the passage of this act, all contracts made and…
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