Scott v. New York Filling Co.

*232Tlie opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs are a firm of New York attorneys. They bring this suit to recover compensation for legal services rendered the defendant company in a controversy concerning a contract which it had with the United States government, and which was pending before the comptroller of the treasury. The defendant’s secretary spoke to Mr. Upton, one of the plaintiffs, with relation to this controversy, and asked what his firm would charge for representing the defendant company, and requested that their terms be submitted to the compairy…