Snow v. Beard
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Moors. This is an action by Zera Snow and Wallace Mc-Camant, partners engaged in the practice of law as Snow & McCamant, against S. Roscoe Beard and Mary B. Gray to recover money. The cause, being at issue, resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs in the sum demanded, $2,895.70, with interest from April 20, 1914, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
It is maintained by defendants’ counsel that an error was committed in denying their request for a directed verdict in their favor, interposed when the case was submitted, on the ground that the plaintiffs violated the terms of the contract sued upon, and for that reason they were not entitled to any compensation for the services which they performed. It appears from a transcript of the evidence that the defendants’ uncle, S. M. Beard, died testate in Multnomah County, Oregon, January 10, 1910, having devised and bequeathed all his property equally to them, their mother, Elizabeth Beard,…
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