Bennett v. Hillman

WORKS, J., pro tem.

The plaintiffs are attorneys at law and the action was brought to recover from defendant the value of services rendered to him by them and to recover cash advances made by them in connection with the services. The plaintiffs had judgment for nearly twenty-one thousand dollars and the defendant appeals.

The first contention of the appellant is that he was improperly denied the right of trial by jury in the action. The question presented largely concerns the provisions of subdivision 4 of section 631 of the Code of Civil Procedure. That subdivision was added to the section by…