Smith v. C., & N. W. R.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from PottawattamAe District Court. Action to recover for professional services rendered by plaintiffs, wbo are attorneys at law. There was a judgment upon a verdict for defendant. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The plaintiffs, who are attorneys at law, sue to recover $3,000, the balance due them for professional services rendered in resisting a claim of the heirs of one Murray McConnell, made before the Department of the Interior of the United States, for a patent of certain lands in the city of Chicago, which, they allege, their ancestor entered at the proper government land office. The sum charged for the services was $4,000, but a payment of $1,000 was made to plaintiffs, for which they gave credit upon their account on which the action is brought.
The answer of defendant denies the allegations…
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