Cornelissen v. Ort
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Wolcott, J. Case by Felix Cornelissen and Pbilomena Cornelissen against Felix J. Ort, and also Reuben Hatch and Hugh E. Wilson, copartners as Hatch & Wilson, for damages for failure to perfect an appeal. From a judgment for plaintiffs against defendant Ort only, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an action against attorneys for negligence in allowing the time in which an appeal could be taken from a court of record to the Supreme Court to expire, so that the case tried in the court below could not be reviewed. The case was tried by a jury, who returned a verdict in favor of defendants Hatch & Wilson, and one against the defendant Ort for $85. A motion was made for a new trial, which motion was overruled. The plaintiffs have brought the case here by writ of error. Defendant Ort has not presented a brief in the case.
It was the claim of plaintiffs that defendants were all…
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