Legal Opinion

McLaughlin v. Wheeler

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 1891PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal irom district court Lawrence county. Hon. Charles M. Thomas, Judge. Action for services as attorneys and as agents for making sale of and finding a purchaser of certain property of defendants. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal from the judgment, also from an order denying a new trial and from an order refusing to discharge an attachment made in the case. The judgment affirmed, the order continuing the attachment reversed.

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Appeal irom district court Lawrence county. Hon. Charles M. Thomas, Judge. Action for services as attorneys and as agents for making sale of and finding a purchaser of certain property of defendants. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal from the judgment, also from an order denying a new trial and from an order refusing to discharge an attachment made in the case. The judgment affirmed, the order continuing the attachment reversed. The facts so far as material are stated in the opinion. The right to move for the dissolution of an attachment is not prejudiced or lost by…

1Opinion of the CourtKellam, J.

At the times referred to in the proceedings in this action, the plaintiffs, now respondents, composed a firm of practicing attorneys in the city of Deadwood, and the defendants, appellants here, were partners in business in the city of Chicago. The complaint states two distinct causes of action against defendants — the first for services as attorneys at law, and the second for services as agents of defendants in making sale of and finding a purchaser for certain mining and other property of defendants in the vicinity of the said city of Deadwood; both of which causes of action were denied by…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Mooney v. . ElderNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  2. Quin v. . LloydNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
  3. Berkey v. JuddSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
  4. Sayre v. Wilson & IngramSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  5. Birmingham Land & Loan Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. International Harvester Co. of America v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
  2. First Nat. Bank of Biwabik, MN v. Bank of LemmonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Fairly v. Wappoo MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1895
  4. Harn v. PattersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  5. Brady v. OnffroyWashington Supreme Court · 1905

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