Baumgartner v. Tweedy

Plaintiff in error Baumgartner was one of several defendants in the trial court and will be referred to as Baumgartner or defendant.

The action was brought by the law firm of Tweedy and Fowler of Denver seeking to collect for legal services alleged to be due and owing to them from the Minerals Exploration Research Company, a partnership. All of the partners, including Baumgartner, were made defendants and served with process, as was the Minerals Exploration Research Corporation, a corporation, as successor to the partnership. All of the defendants, except Baumgartner, defaulted. Baumgartner…