Conover v. Carpenter
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered June 19, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover the alleged value of services rendered as an attorney at law for the defendant, at her special instance and request. The cause was tried to a court and a jury. A verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff, and from the judgment rendered thereon, the defendant has appealed.
It is argued that the court erred in withdrawing from the consideration of the jury an item of $22.01, alleged as an offset to the amount prayed for in the complaint. It is alleged that this item was paid by the appellant to the state, as an inheritance tax upon an estate,…
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