Greater Savannah Co. v. Oliver & Oliver
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from Chatham superior court — Judge Meldrim. November 16, 1920. The plaintiffs, as a copartnership engaged in the practice of law, sued for $2,350, for services rendered to the defendant corporation as shown by an itemized statement attached to the petition.
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Complaint; from Chatham superior court — Judge Meldrim. November 16, 1920. The plaintiffs, as a copartnership engaged in the practice of law, sued for $2,350, for services rendered to the defendant corporation as shown by an itemized statement attached to the petition. The itemized statement reads as follows: “ To services rendered to said company as attorneys, in all matters requiring legal attention since February 3d, 1915, to January 1st, 1919, a period of forty-seven months, such as conferences with and advice to the president relative to controversies which have arisen from time to time…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The original petition, as we construe it, was not brought solely for the recovery of reasonable compensation rendered by plaintiffs in their respective capacities as vice-president and secretary of the company, although this seems to be the theory on which the argument by counsel for the plaintiff in error is based. Had the items In the bill of particulars definitely made it to appear that half of the amount' sued for was for services rendered solely by E. J. Oliver *500as secretary, and that the other half was for services rendered solely by F. M. Oliver as…
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