West v. Morris

According to the allegations of the petition, the • defendant requested the plaintiff, as his agent, to employ an attorney to make an abstract of title for him. This, of course, would imply a promise on the part of the defendant to pay a reasonable fee to the attorney whom the plaintiff, as the defendant’s agent, employed ; and, consequently, there was enough in the petition to withstand a general demurrer, and the court did not err in overruling the demurrer in the form in which it was presented.

It appears, however, from the contract which was entered into, *652tliat the petition would have to…