Dockery v. Town of Hamlet
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Peebles, J., at December Term, 1912, from Richmond.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
Tbe plaintiff,, administratrix of ber husband, instituted this action 12 December, 1912, against the town of Hamlet for the “statement of an account” for the services of her husband as an attorney. The complaint, paragraph 1, alleges, “that plaintiff’s intestate, previous to his death, rendered various services as an attorney at law to the defendant, the exact character of which she is not informedj of, and the exact amounts which should be paid her for said services are unknown to her; that she is prepared to prove (as she is informed and believes) service in various matters, but the exact…
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