Missildine v. Miller

Plaintiff’s action is based upon a charge for attorney fees in the amount of $1,700 asserted to be due him from the defendant appellant under a claimed contract of employment. The defendant denied that she ever personally employed the plaintiff in her individual capacity but contended that, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, William F. Miller, she engaged him as attorney to assist her in legal matters pertaining to the estate. She further asserted that any services performed were rendered to her in her representative capacity as administratrix and not as an individual.

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