Territt v. Woodruff
Supreme Court of Vermont
JJook Account, Judgment to account was rendered in the .county court, and auditors were appointed, who reported, in substance, as follows. The plaintiff’s account accrued for professional services rendered in the city of New York.
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JJook Account, Judgment to account was rendered in the .county court, and auditors were appointed, who reported, in substance, as follows. The plaintiff’s account accrued for professional services rendered in the city of New York. The plaintiff was, at the time, a counsellor, but not an attorney, of the New York bar; he did the business of an attorney, however, on his own account, in the office of a Mr. Crist, a practising attorney in the city, under a general permission, which he had from Crist, to transact an attorney’s business in his name. There was never any communication or privity…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hall, J.
The auditors’ report in this case finds, in substance, that the defendant employed and retained the plaintiff in the city of New York, as counsel, or attorney, to attend to the prosecution of certain suits in the courts of the state of New York, and that he rendered the services and made the disbursements, charged in his account, under such employment and retainers. Upon this state of facts there can be no doubt, that the plaintiff, provided the services had been rendered in this state, would have been entitled to recover.
But it is objected,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Seymour v. EllisonCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1823
- Ex parte Stewart v. New-York C. P.New York Supreme Court · 1833
- Danforth v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1828
- State v. StadeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1814
- Woodbridge v. AustinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1803
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Morrisette v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1902
- Grow v. WashburnSupreme Court of Vermont · 1921