Archbald v. Stone

Opinion by

Porter, P. J.,

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment entered by the court below in default of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The action was brought by Judge Archbald in his lifetime to recover for professional services rendered the defendant in the trial of a case in Lackawanna County and the preparation of a brief and argument of an appeal which was taken to this court. The plaintiff averred in his statement that he had “at the special instance 'and oral request of the said Haley Stone, undertook as attorney and eounselorat-law, to defend the said action on behalf…