Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Wallace

' This is an action in assumpsit brought by appellee, Wallace, who is an attorney at law, against the appellant company, to recover for professional services. The declaration contains only the common counts. The plea was non-assumpsit. The cause was put upon what is called the “Short cause calendar,” provided for in the Act of. June 1, 1889, entitled “An Act to expedite the trial of certain suits at law in courts of record. ” (Laws of 1889, page 222). Before the trial began, the defendant moved to strike the case from the calendar on the ground that said Act was unconstitutional.

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