Yates & Ayres v. Robertson & Berkeley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Danville, rendered 16tli June, 1883, in an action of assumpsit then therein pending between H. Robertson and L. C. Berkeley, Jr., late lawyers and partners in the firm and style of Robertson & Berkeley, plaintiffs, and David Ayres and Lewis A. Yates, defendants. The object of tire suit was to recover of the defendants $750, for services rendered to them by the plaintiffs as lawyers.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Danville, rendered 16tli June, 1883, in an action of assumpsit then therein pending between H. Robertson and L. C. Berkeley, Jr., late lawyers and partners in the firm and style of Robertson & Berkeley, plaintiffs, and David Ayres and Lewis A. Yates, defendants. The object of tire suit was to recover of the defendants $750, for services rendered to them by the plaintiffs as lawyers. The judgment was for that sum with interest from 13th June, 1883, until paid,, and costs. To this judgment the defendants obtained from one of the judges of this court a writ…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The case is as follows: The defendants in error, attorneys-at-law, instituted suit in the circuit court of Danville, against the plaintiffs in error, in assumpsit, to recover lawyers’ fees of $750.
The first item claimed was $500, for defending the defendants against, the Commonwealth of Virginia, as sureties on the official bond of "Win. E. Boisseau, late sergeant of Danville, for $30,000, in the circuit court of Richmond, Va., and setting aside a prior judgment, and making deed of trust from said Boisseau and wife, available for indemnity of said sureties.
The second was a fee for drawing…
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