Legal Opinion
Calhoun v. Massie
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 14, 1918PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error to a .judgment of the Circuit Court of Nelson county, in an action of assumpsit.. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
This writ of error brings under review a judgment of the circuit court sustaining a demurrer to a declaration in assumpsit. The action was based upon the following contract in writing, dated April 18, 1911.
“Fee agreement. This agreement, witnesseth: That I, Bland Massie, of Tyro, Nelson county, Virginia, have employed C. C. Calhoun, of Washington, D. C., as my attorney to represent my claim against the Government of the United States for property taken by the federal forces during the late civil war, and in consideration of his professional services in the prosecution of said claim, I hereby…
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