Baker v. Ayers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Menard county; the Hon, City R. Williams, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Heard
This is a suit brought by appellee, an attorney at law of the Menard county bar, against appellant to recover attorney’s fees alleged to be due him from appellant. A jury trial resulted in favor of appellee for $547.17 damages, upon which verdict judgment was rendered. Appellant has appealed to this court.
The declaration consisted of the common counts accompanied by an itemized statement of account verified by an affidavit of claim. Appellant pleaded the general issue, accompanied with an affidavit of meritorious defense. This affidavit is not set forth in the abstract and had the point been…
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