Hoy v. Nichols

Action by client against attorney wherein, after verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals from the order denying his alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.

The complaint declares upon two causes of action. The verdict was for plaintiff on the first and defendant on the second. In 1921 plaintiff was defendant in an action pending in the district court of Hennepin county wherein his brother, William J. Hoy, was plaintiff. Defendant offices with William M. Nash, another member of the Hennepin county bar. To start with, Nash was plaintiff’s attorney. As the time for trial approached it…