Alexander v. Stern

By this appeal defendants seek the reversal of a judgment against them for $300 entered upon trial by the court in an action in assumpsit for attorney’s fees.

Plaintiff asserts that he rendered services in connection with the trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan, of an action in which Faye Stern, one of the defendants here, was the plaintiff, against the Whitcomb Hotel Company, in which she sought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained.

The defendants claim that plaintiff cannot recover because his services were gratuitous. The defendants are brother and sister, and the wife of plaintiff…