Davis v. Chouteau

Mitchell, J.1

This is an action to recover for professional services as attorney, rendered by plaintiff to defendants between February, 1881, and August, 1883, in a suit pending in the supreme court of the United States, on appeal from the United States circuit court for the district of Minnesota. The point raised is that the evidence shows that the contract of retainer, under which the services were rendered, was made with plaintiff while he was a member of the law firm of Davis, O’Brien & Wilson, and hence was, in law, a retainer of the firm, and therefore the cause of action proved was one…