Rosenfield v. Vosper

Plaintiff commenced this action on March 7, 1939, to obtain a judgment for the reasonable value of legal services rendered by him to defendants between January 7, 1938, and February 22, 1939, in the matter of securing permits to drill for oil on the property of defendants. At a trial without a jury plaintiff was given judgment for the sum of $12,567.32, from which judgment defendants have appealed.

In the original complaint plaintiff alleged that the reasonable value of his services was $5,605 and that he had expended for defendants the sum of $67.32, no part of which had been paid except the…