Willingham, Wright & Covington v. Glover
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from city court of Floyd county — Judge Nunnally. June 4, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
The plaintiff law firm sued the defendants upon a quantum meruit for the value of legal services rendered under an alleged joint contract and employment in representing their interests in a factional contest with other stockholders in a corporation. The amended petition in effect charges that the three defendants expressly and simultaneously employed the plaintiffs to perform the services in question for the defendants, and that the purposes sought and results obtained from such employment were a common undertaking and for the common benefit of the defendants. Defendants demurred upon the…
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