McCrary v. Ruddick
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee JDisbriet Oov/rt. This action is brought to recover for professional services rendered to the defendants by Rankin & McOrary, Esqrs., attorneys at law.
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Appeal from Lee JDisbriet Oov/rt. This action is brought to recover for professional services rendered to the defendants by Rankin & McOrary, Esqrs., attorneys at law. The bill of exceptions does not set out the evidence, but shows that there was evidence tending to prove that the alleged services were rendered by' Rankin & McOrary as attorneys for the defendants in a suit in chancery, known as the Ohudderback suit, and that the services were worth at the time $200, amounting at the time of trial with interest to $257; that the defendants knew said services were being rendered at the time,…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
It is claimed in argument that the court erred in giving certain instructions on behalf of plaintiff, and in refusing to give an instruction asked by defendants.
The substance of the instructions given by the court is, that, if the plaintiff rendered the services alleged, and the defendants received the benefit of such services, and knew as a matter of fact, that Rankin & McCrary were managing the Ohudderback case for defendants, then the law raised an implied promise on the part of defendants to pay what the services were reasonably worth, and that the fact that defendants had made a special…
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