Jordan v. Westerman
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee. (Howell, J.) Assumpsit. Defendants bring error. The-facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
Defendants are attorneys at law and solicitors in chancery, practicing in the city of Adrian.
In November, 1882, the plaintiff in this suit employed them to prosecute a suit for divorce in the Lenawee circuit court. They drafted and filed the bill on November 3,1882, ■and obtained a decree for divorce on December 1, 1882. There was no provision in the decree relative to alimony. Previous to the decree the defendant in the divorce suit paid to the defendants above named $4,500, in full for alimony, costs, and expenses. It is to recover this money that this suit is brought. The defendants claim…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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