Hazeltine v. Brockway
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The appellee, as plaintiff below, instituted this action in the district court of Arapahoe county, to recover from appellant, who was the defendant below, compensation for legal services.
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The appellee, as plaintiff below, instituted this action in the district court of Arapahoe county, to recover from appellant, who was the defendant below, compensation for legal services. For cause of action he in substance avers: That in the year 1888 he was a duly licensed attorney at law, and was employed by the defendant to collect the amount of five $1,000 bonds theretofore issued by the Silverton Water Company, and secured by a trust deed, the value of which bonds and the existence of said trust deed as a lien having .been destroyed by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
delivered the opinion of the court.. 1. The principal ground relied on for reversal is that the judgment is wholly unwarranted by the pleadings and proof; that the averments of the complaint and the testimony of plaintiff show that the employment, if there was any, was upon the express condition that there should be no personal liability upon the part of defendant, but that plaintiff should look solely to the proceeds recovered for his compensation. Therefore, the only relief to which he was entitled was to subject the proceeds, or so much thereof as were necessary, to the satisfaction of Ms…
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