Price v. Caperton

JUDGE ROBERTSON

delivered the opinion of the court :

James W. Caperton, as assignee of his father, William H. Caperton, sued James Price on an account chiefly for professional services as an auxiliary prosecuting attorney employed by Price on two indictments against J. P. Gay, one for the murder of Price’s son, and the other for shooting Price himself. *208He made his father a co-defendant, and, on an issue formed on the petition and answer, he obtained, on that account and some other smaller ones also assigned, a verdict and judgment for $330 89. ■

The appellant makes several objections to the…