Legal Opinion
Lataif v. Commercial Industrial Construction, Inc.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 22, 1982No. Record Nos. 790802, 791340PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
Lawrence P. Lataif, plaintiff in an action on an assignment of contract rights, appeals from judgments for defendants Commercial Industrial Construction, Inc. (CICI), and Douglas Cobb. The trial court sustained the defendants’ motions to strike, and we summarize the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.
Laurence O. Myers owed Lataif, an attorney, $3500 for legal services rendered. Douglas Cobb, president and managing officer of CICI, had engaged Myers, a housepainter, to do some work at a construction site, and Myers had not been paid. At Lataifs suggestion, Myers agreed to…
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