Rose v. Curtis

This is an action of contract on an account annexed for legal services rendered by the plaintiff for the defendant. The defendant’s answer is a general denial and a special answer that the plaintiff’s services arose out of proceedings before the Industrial Accident Board and that this court has no jurisdiction to entertain the cause.

At the trial the evidence went in on an agreed oral statement of facts of which the following are all that are material :

*360“The plaintiff, a practicing attorney, was engaged by the defendant to represent his claim in connection with an accident that had occurred,…