Maynard v. Reynolds
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; John C. Pollock, Judge. Action by Matt G. Reynolds and another, doing business as Reynolds' & Harlan, against Samuel R. Maynard. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The single error assigned in this case is that at the close of the trial by the jur5>- the court below refused to instruct it to return a verdict for the defendant, Maynard. This was the case. Reynolds & Harlan, attorneys at law, sued Maynard on an express contract to pay them $4,000 for their legal services, and he defended. The parties went to trial on these pleadings. The plaintiffs allege that the defendant, who was the owner of about 1,100 shares of stock in the Doe Run Lead Company, a corporation, employed them to bring a suit against the St. Joseph Lead Company,…
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