Matheny v. Farley

Miller, Judge:

From the judgment of the justice against them, for $125.00, defendants, Nelson, Edward and Samuel Farley, appealed to the circuit court, where, upon a trial before court and jury, plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against them for the same amount. To this judgment a writ of error was awarded by this Court.

Plaintiff sued defendants for one hundred and fifty dollars for professional services rendered in an ejectment suit which defendants had employed him to defend. The fact of his employment is not denied, but admitted. The fee was not .agreed upon, but sometime after his…