Tyson v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Assumpsit by Tyson & Arrington against W. W. Thompson. From judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. Transferred from Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 449, § 6. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The following are the charges referred to in the opinion: (1) Affirmative charge to find for plaintiffs. (2) Under the testimony $500 is a reasonable fee for the services rendered.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Assumpsit by Tyson & Arrington against W. W. Thompson. From judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. Transferred from Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 449, § 6. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The following are the charges referred to in the opinion: (1) Affirmative charge to find for plaintiffs. (2) Under the testimony $500 is a reasonable fee for the services rendered. (4) If the defendant accepted the services rendered by plaintiffs, then they are entitled to recover. (5) If plaintiffs rendered services…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
This action was for the recovery for work and labor done by the plaintiffs for the defendant, at his request, the complaint containing only one count, and the cause being tried upon the general issue. Evidence offered by the plaintiffs was to the effect that the defendant brought to their office an abstract of title to certain lands, something more than 6,000 acres, and requested Judge Tyson, a member of appellants’ firm, to give him an opinion upon the title. Judge Tyson testified that the opinion furnished defendant was quite lengthy and required much labor in its preparation, that the…
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