Fryer v. Breeze
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Garfield County. Defendants in error, plaintiffs below, brought this action, alleging in their complaint that defendant was indebted to them on an account in the sum of $1,000 for services as the attorneys of defendant, rendered at his instance and request and upon his retainer, between the 1st day of February, A. D. 1883, and the 1st day of June, A. D. 1884, in prosecuting and defending suits, drawing and preparing instruments in writing, taking…
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Error to District Court of Garfield County. Defendants in error, plaintiffs below, brought this action, alleging in their complaint that defendant was indebted to them on an account in the sum of $1,000 for services as the attorneys of defendant, rendered at his instance and request and upon his retainer, between the 1st day of February, A. D. 1883, and the 1st day of June, A. D. 1884, in prosecuting and defending suits, drawing and preparing instruments in writing, taking depositions, preparing motions and notices and serving the same, and advising defendant in and about his business, and at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
It is assigned for error that the court erred “ in permitting testimony of plaintiff to be given upon any account, as the bill of particulars was not filed within the time required by law, and amounted to nothing as a bill of particulars.” A single extract from the bill of exceptions is relied on as the basis for this assignment. One of the plaintiffs being examined as a witness, plaintiffs’ counsel, Mr. Bartley, asked him-: “ What, if any, services did you perform for Mr. Fryer in the month of February, 1883 V Objected to by Mr. Ashton, attorney for defendant, for the reason that *325they have…
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- Cook v. HughesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1867
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