Higgins v. J. B. Farnum Co.

This is an action of assumpsit for an attorney's fee. The case was heard in the superior court by a justice thereof sitting without a jury. He decided for the plaintiff in the sum of 12180, and thereupon the defendant prosecuted to this court its bill of exceptions containing only an exception to such decision.

The plaintiff is seeking to recover what he alleges to be the fair and reasonable value of his services to the defendant, under the facts and circumstances as disclosed by the evidence. According to his bill of particulars he fixes the value of such services at $2530. He does not allege…