Coon v. Ewing

The appellee, Ewing, an attorney at law, brought this suit against appellant, Coon, to recover compensation fop legal services furnished appellant in connection with a certain suit in the district court of Brazoria county, styled Lyne and Others v. Coon and Others, which, for brevity, will be referred to as the “Lyne suit.” The ap-pellee’s petition contained two counts, the first for quantum meruit, under which ap-pellee claimed $15,000, and the other set up an express verbal contract, under which ap-pellee claimed and prayed in the alternative for $2,500, and legal interest thereon.…