Woodward v. Lawson

Frankum, Justice.

The appeal here is from the order and judgment of the trial court sustaining the motion of intervenors to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint. It appears from the lengthy and overly prolix complaint that the defendant Lawson employed the plaintiff, a practicing attorney, to examine the title to a described fifty-acre tract of land. The plaintiff claims to have performed that service, submitted his report to the defendant and a bill in the amount of $115 for such services. The bill not having been paid, the plaintiff filed this action in which he sought to recover a money…