Green & Miller v. Brengle
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of Danville, rendered April 21st, 1887, in an action of assumpsit wherein ¥m. D. Brengle was plaintiff, and Green & Miller, attorneys-at-law,, were defendants. The demurrer to the declaration was overruled. The verdict was for plaintiff. The court overruled defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and entered judgment on the verdict.
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Error to judgment of corporation court of Danville, rendered April 21st, 1887, in an action of assumpsit wherein ¥m. D. Brengle was plaintiff, and Green & Miller, attorneys-at-law,, were defendants. The demurrer to the declaration was overruled. The verdict was for plaintiff. The court overruled defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and entered judgment on the verdict. The defendants excepted and the evidence being certified, they brought the case here by writ of error and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The record presents, for review by this court, the following case: The chancery cause of G. T. Griggs, administrator for, &c., against Hairston’s legatees, &c., was removed from the circuit court of Henry county to the corporation court of Danville in March, 1881. The complainant in that suit, G. T. Griggs, administrator, &c., was represented in all proceedings in said suit in the corporation court of Danville and in the supreme court of appeals by Green & Miller, under a contract that he, Griggs, administrator, for, &c., would pay to them, for their services, liberal fees out of the first…
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