Schwartz v. Fay

SHAW, J. pro tem.

Plaintiff, who is a duly licensed attorney at law, brought this action to recover fees for legal services performed by him for defendant. From a judgment in plaintiff's favor, defendant appeals.

At the trial it appeared that plaintiff, in addition to performing legal services for defendant, had received considerable sums of money from defendant, and from others for his benefit, and had paid other sums to defendant or for his account. Plaintiff had rendered to defendant a statement of account covering these matters, as well as his fees, and the trial resolved itself, to a large…