Bennett v. Burkhalter

1. This cause arose out of the conflicting contentions of the párties,’ who were both attorneys at law, concerning the proper division of a fee. The plaintiff in the court below (defendant in error here) based his right of action upon ah express contract, by the terms of which he was to have one half of a fee which might be recovered in a certain case pending in Tattnall superior court, which had been filed by the defendant for a suitor in that court. The fee recovered amounted to $500.’ While there was much evidence introduced which would have .been relevant and material only to a claim…