Lessing v. Gibbons

Plaintiff, an attorney at law, brought this action to recover the alleged balance due for legal services performed for defendant. Upon a trial by the court, sitting without a jury, plaintiff had judgment for the sum of $16,000, from which judgment defendant appeals.

The pleadings herein give no hint of the questions involved on this appeal. The first count alleged that plaintiff had performed legal services for defendant of the reasonable value of $35,000. The second count alleged that plaintiff had performed legal services for defendant and that defendant had agreed to pay the sum of $35,000…