Briggs v. Hiles
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Superior Court of Milwaukee County. The facts are stated in the opinion. The plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
OktoN, O. J.
This action is brought by the plaintiff to recover of the defendant the value of his professional services as an attorney at law, rendered to the defendant in prosecuting and defending actions in court for him, in counseling and advising him, in drafting papers .and documents, and in settling and adjusting controversies for him, as his attorney, between the 1st day of January, 1888, and the 1st day of March, 1890; said services claimed to be reasonably worth the sum of $13,650. The defendant, by answer, admitted the plaintiff’s professional capacity, and that between the aforesaid…
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