Smith v. Legg

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment for the defendants in a suit involving two causes of action relating to legal services claimed to have been performed by plaintiffs for the defendants. Errors in the exclusion of certain testimony and in the charge of the Trial Justice require reversal and a new trial.

It is undisputed that none of the defendants actually asked the plaintiffs to perform the services in question or specifically agreed to pay for them. It is plaintiffs’ theory, however, that they were requested by one Hugh Dickson on behalf of himself and the named defendants to render such…