Elmore v. Overstreet

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

— Affirming.

The appellees, Brent C. Overstreet and J. L. Richardson, brought an action to enforce a mortgage securing a note for $2,400.00, which was executed on December 14, 1923, by the appellants David C. Elmore and Mary J. Elmore, his wife.

David C. Elmore had been indicted in the Jefferson circuit court, charged with murder and employed the appellees to represent him for an agreed fee of $2,500.00, of which $100 was paid in cash.

The appellant Joseph V. Elmore later filed a suit in the Jefferson circuit court against David C. Elmore and Mary J. Elmore, in…