Vilas v. Downer
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. Judgment to account was rendered, and auditors were appointed, who reported the facts substantially as follows.
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Book Account. Judgment to account was rendered, and auditors were appointed, who reported the facts substantially as follows. The plaintiff presented an account for services and disbursements by him, as attorney, counsellor and solicitor for the defendant in sundry suits, from 1839 to 1845. There was no specific agreement between the plaintiff and defendant, as to the prices which the plaintiff was to receive for his services, but the plaintiff charged his usual and customary prices for similar services. In January, 1843, the defendant requested the plaintiff to furnish him with a copy of his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Poland, J.
It is objected in this case by the plaintiff, that the various questions, which have been raised and argued upon the report of the auditors, are not properly before this court for revision, because they do not appear to have been made by the exceptions, filed to the report by the defendant in the county court. It is a well settled rule in this court, that no questions will be considered here, except such as appear, by the record, to have been raised and decided by the county court; and it is, to be sure, usual, for all the various exceptions…
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