Kilpatrick v. Haley

This suit was brought by the appellees upon an injunction bond executed by the appellants in an action previously commenced by James Gr. Kilpatrick against the appellees. At the trial, for the purpose of showing a portion of the damage sustained by reason of the injunction, to obtain which the bond was given, it was proved that the plaintiffs had paid $200 to an attorney for his services in procuring the dissolution of the injunction; and a lawyer was introduced, who testified that, in his opinion, $250 would have been a proper *408charge for the services. Upon the question of the value of the…