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Massengale v. Lester

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 11, 1966PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PALMORE, Judge.

Charles E. Lester and Lawrence Ried-inger, Jr., partners in the practice of law, brought this action in the Campbell Circuit Court against Jack C. Massengale, a resident of Ohio, to recover $7,500 which Massengale allegedly agreed to pay them for legal services. Following a trial without a jury the court found for the plaintiffs and Massengale appeals.

Massengale, who was then a practicing lawyer in Cincinnati (he was later suspended from practice), was indicted in 1956 by a federal grand jury in Ohio on several charges of wiretapping and pretending to be an FBI agent. He was…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Stewart v. RamsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Wood v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1880
  3. Mark v. Marlowe v. George O. Baird, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
  4. Blankenship v. StatonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
  5. Lewis v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pepperell Trust Co. v. Mountain Heir Financial Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  2. Brown v. Physicians Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
  4. Massengale v. LesterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
  5. Parrish v. Kentucky Board of Medical LicensureCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2004

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