Crow v. Yocom

The plaintiffs seek to recover the sum of $500, which, they allege, is the amount of a note executed in their favor, by the defendant, for the consideration therein stated, to wit, for their professional services rendered to her in recovering her property. They state themselves to be partners in the practice of the law, under the style of Crow & Porter.

The defendant resists their claim, on the allegations that the note sued on was given for a consideration entirely different from that which is expressed on the face of the note; that the plaintiffs were to represent and defend the interests of…