Crowell v. Truax

Appellant was sued in assumpsit for services rendered by plaintiff in the trial of a case in circuit court. The declaration was upon the common counts, and the bill of particulars was as follows:

“ 1890, Feb. 26 and 27. To trying cause in the circuit court {Millard v. Truax); to two trips to Hillsdale (before trial); to two trips to Toledo (before trial), — $150.

“Dated October 8, 1890.”

Plaintiff, in testifying upon his own behalf, stated that his first employment by defendant was to defend him upon the charge of assault and battery, out of which the case subsequently tried at circuit grew. He…