Beekman v. Platner

By the Court, Shankland, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered on the report of a referee, in favor of the plaintiff. The complaint is for services rendered for the defendant, as his attorney and counsel, in divers suits, and for other-professional services, and at the request of the defendant. The answer denies the indebtedness, and sets up various defenses, amongst which the most material is an agreement between the parties, that the plaintiff was not to have any thing for his services if the defendant failed in the suits to which the agreement related, and such failure is alleged.…