Treakle v. Vaughan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sevier Circuit Court; David B. Sain, Special Judge; George Vaughan and the Vaughan Abstract Company, a corporation, sued Edward M. Treakle, Bfir-t Johnson and H. C. Towson, partners under the firm name and style of the Southern Orchard Planting Association, to recover for certain abstracts of title prepared by plaintiffs at the instance of defendants, amounting to $162, and also for certain legal services rendered and expenses incurred, at defendants’ instance,…
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Appeal from Sevier Circuit Court; David B. Sain, Special Judge; George Vaughan and the Vaughan Abstract Company, a corporation, sued Edward M. Treakle, Bfir-t Johnson and H. C. Towson, partners under the firm name and style of the Southern Orchard Planting Association, to recover for certain abstracts of title prepared by plaintiffs at the instance of defendants, amounting to $162, and also for certain legal services rendered and expenses incurred, at defendants’ instance, in perfecting the •title to the lands covered by the abstracts, aggregating $150. It was alleged that George Vaughan was…
1Opinion of the CourtHiuu, C. J.
The Reporter will state the facts and the different questions discussed will be taken up in their order.
1. Mr. Vaughan rendered a bilk against defendants in the court below, who are appellees here, for $312, of which $162 was for preparing eleven abstracts of title and $150 was for “fee for perfecting title to all of above lands, recording the necessary deeds, exemplifications, redeeming lands, -etc.” Mr. Vaughan is an attorney, as well as an abstracter, and the latter fee charged was for various services performed in perfecting title to the various tracts described in the eleven abstracts…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Long v. McDanielSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
3Cited by2 opinions
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