Matthiesen v. Smith

Action to recover the reasonable value of legal services. The services were rendered by plaintiff’s assignors, McKinstry, Haber & Coombes, practicing attorneys in San Francisco, in bringing suit and collecting in full both principal and interest on six promissory 'notes in the amount of $171,358.08, the payment of which had been refused by the maker on demand of the payee for whom plaintiff’s assignors instituted suit. The case was tried before a jury which awarded plaintiff the sum of $12,500, inclusive of court costs of $74.83 which had been paid by defendant on demand, leaving a balance of…