Young v. United States Bank & Trust Co.

We shall refer to the plaintiffs in error here as defendants, and the defendant in error as plaintiff.

The facts out of which this controversy grew are simple. James S. Carnahan, an attorney at law, and a member of the firm of Carnahan & Van Hoorebeke, was employed to defend one Clare Young, who stood charged, in the District Court of Montrose County, with a serious offense. Carnahan rendered the services for which he was employed, and there remained due his firm a balance for such service, upon which, after the death of both members of the firm, this action was brought against the defendants.

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