Watson v. Columbia Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for breach of contract. Before Judge Brinson. Mc-Duffie superior court. September term, 1902. Citations by counsel: Civil Code, § 4415; Ga. Rep. 45/171; 62/135 ; 65/719; 75/494 (3); 101/841; 110/382; 79 Cal. 218, 12 Am. St. Rep. 139; 41 Kans. 496, 13 Am. St. Rep. 300; 4 Cyc. 926, 980, 997-8 ; Ga. Rep. 8/190; 81/429; 81/440; 14 Am. & Eug. Ene. L. (1st ed.) 797; Civil Code, §§ 3672-3.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
In the year 1901 the Columbia Mining Company, a corporation doing business in McDuffie county, Georgia, made a contract with Thomas E. Watson, an attorney at law of •that county, wherein it was agreed that he should counsel and ad-wise its general manager and represent the corporation in all litigation in which it was interested which should “come up” in that •county. In February of that year Wellmaker, one of the employees of the company, had his arms blown off by dynamite. He endeavored to engage the services of Watson as an attorney to bring suit for him against the company. Watson…
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