Young v. Merkel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 328, Jan. T., 1894, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., May T., 1892, No. 98, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit for counsel fees. Before Endlich, J. The facts appear by the charge of the court below, and the opinion, of the Supreme Court. The court charged as follows : “ The plaintiff in this case is a practicing member of the bar.
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Appeal, No. 328, Jan. T., 1894, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., May T., 1892, No. 98, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit for counsel fees. Before Endlich, J. The facts appear by the charge of the court below, and the opinion, of the Supreme Court. The court charged as follows : “ The plaintiff in this case is a practicing member of the bar. His suit is brought for the purpose of recovering from the defendants a sum of money representing a reasonable compensation for services rendered by the plaintiff, as an attorney at law,' to the defendants, in certain litigation…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice McCollum,
This suit was brought to recover compensation for professional services rendered in an action of ejectment in which Mendon F. Ludwig et al. were plaintiffs, and George Regan was defendant. The plaintiff herein was employed by Regan as- early as 1868, and it appears that in pursuance of his employment he directed, and was present at, the making of surveys of the land in dispute, and assisted his associate in the preparation and trial of the case which resulted in a Verdict for the defendant on the 4th of September, 1873- A rule for a new trial having been granted…
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