Stokes v. Sundermeyer

CODY, Justice.

This was a suit by A. F. Sundermeyer, of Houston, in which he recovered judgment against appellants in the sum of $100 each, for legal services.

The services, it seems, were rendered between February 7, and August 15, 1941. The chief defense urged to defeat recovery was that at the time the legal services were rendered Mr. Sundermeyer had forfeited his membership in the State Bar for non-payment of membership dues and was thereby disabled to practice law.

Upon the trial of the case, the appellants introduced the following certificate of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and to its…