Miller v. Scobie

TERRELL, J.:

Lenore Miller employed the firm of Ruff and Ready to bring an action against David P. Scobie for breach of promise. She agreed to pay them fifty per cent of all sums recovered. The defendant moved to dismiss the cause and attached to said motion a stipulation entered into between the parties for that purpose. The plaintiff answered the motion to dismiss alleging that the stipulation was procured by fraud. There followed a barrage of pleading not necessary to detail but which ultimately resulted in an order referring the issues made by the answer to motion to dismiss to a jury for…