Foltz v. Cogswell

— This cause was submitted in Department Two, and the following opinion prepared by Gibson, 0.: —

“Assumpsit to recover for services rendered as an attorney and counselor at law.

“Plaintiff alleges, in her complaint, that, between the twenty-seventh day of January, 1883, and the ninth day of March, 1883, at the special instance and request of defendant, who promised to fully pay her for her professional services, ‘to wit, the sum of five thousand dollars/ she devoted her entire time and skill as a lawyer in the preparation of an act entitled ‘ An act authorizing and empowering the regents of…