Hawkins v. Black

DUNKLIN, J. L. X

Hawkins, defendant in the court below, has appealed from a judgment in favor of J. R. Black, plaintiff, for services rendered by the plaintiff as an attorney at law for the defendant, for the sum of $412.87, principal, and $56, accrued interest, aggregating $468.87.

There is no merit in the contention that it was incumbent upon the plaintiff to allege and prove that he had complied with the requirements of the statutes regulating the practice of law in this state, as a prerequisite to his right to recover for the services alleged to have been rendered. There is no analogy…