Prout v. Bernards Land & Sand Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PaRKer, J.

The plaintiffs below are a firm of attorneys, and sued the defendant corporation, whose business is indicated by its name, for services in making a search and abstract of title to a tract of land owned by it, and for disbursements connected therewith. The declaration consisted of the common counts in assumpsit, with a bill of particulars annexed, containing only one item, as follows: “June 12, 1906. To making search showing title of the Bernards Land and Sand Company at Basking Ridge, N. J., and money paid out for expenses in making same,…