Chesnutt v. Schwartz

On November 16, 1936, the plaintiffs, Chesnutt and Murphy, who are certified public accountants, sued the defendants, Joseph and Allen Schwartz and Edward A. Cooper, who are attorneys at law. Plaintiffs filed their complaint consisting of 18 paragraphs, setting up facts by reason of which they claimed defendants owed them $2,391.42, the reasonable value of services rendered by plaintiffs as accountants at the request of defendants. An itemized statement was attached to the complaint and marked Exhibit “A.” January 8, 1937, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the suit for reasons as stated:

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