Scott v. Morse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dottavoattamie District Court. Tue petition of plaintiff alleges in substance that in the forepart of the year 187b, as a member of the firm of Montgomery & Scott, attorneys at law, the plaintiff, at the request of defendants, rendered professional services to them about the preparation of a petition for rehearing, in a case entitled Crouse v. Morse, pending in the Supreme Court, which services were worth $300. That afterwards, on the 14th day of April, 1878, the…
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Appeal from Dottavoattamie District Court. Tue petition of plaintiff alleges in substance that in the forepart of the year 187b, as a member of the firm of Montgomery & Scott, attorneys at law, the plaintiff, at the request of defendants, rendered professional services to them about the preparation of a petition for rehearing, in a case entitled Crouse v. Morse, pending in the Supreme Court, which services were worth $300. That afterwards, on the 14th day of April, 1878, the firm of Montgomery & Scott was dissolved, and the said claim was assigned to plaintiff and became his property. The…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
1. PRACTICE : pleading: verdict against irreievant evideuce. It is claimed by tlie defendants that B. F. Montgomery,, a member of the firm of Montgomery & Scott, agreed that his firm should render for defendants the services , . ....... In question without charge. And it is insisted i 1 ° ¡¡lat there is no contradiction of the testimony of J Montgomery, that he agreed on behalf of his firm that the services should be rendered without compensation. It is claimed that upon this branch of the case the verdict is opposed to the uncontradicted testimony, and, therefore, is not supported by the…
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