Tetelman v. Fulton

This is an action for legal services rendered by the plaintiffs to the lessees of the defendants in connection with the reduction of the assessed valuation of the property by which a yearly saving of approximately $2,300 was effected. The value of the services is not disputed, but liability is disclaimed on several grounds both factual and legal upon which this court is asked to decide as a trier of the facts and law.

The first of these defenses is that the services were rendered to the lessees of the defendants at the former’s request and were, therefore, as far as the defendants were…