Newton v. Town of Hamden
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to iecover for professional services rendered by an attorney at law, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, George W. Wheeler, J., upon demurrer to the complaint, after some of its paragraphs had been expunged (Oase, J.) on motion ; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff sues to recover for his' services rendered and expenses' incurred as an attorney at law in the defense of an action- in the courts of this State. To his substituted complaint as it stood after certain of its allegations had been expunged upon motion, a demurrer was filed and sustained. This action of the court in sustaining the demurrer is assigned as error, The demurrer in terms specifies various reasons of demurrer. In substance, however, these reasons resolve themselves into two, to wit :t (1) because it appears that the services and expenses for which recovery was sought…
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