Davis v. Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
BOOK Account. Many of plaintiff’s charges were for his services and disbni’sements as defendant’s attorney in divers suits be-' tween defendant and one Putnam, and especially in a suit that defendant brought against said Putnam to foreclose the latter’s equity of redemption in a certain farm that defendant had sold him, and during the pendency of which, plaintiff had purchased Putnam’s equity of redemption therein for his own benefit, and had attempted to redeem by tendering…
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BOOK Account. Many of plaintiff’s charges were for his services and disbni’sements as defendant’s attorney in divers suits be-' tween defendant and one Putnam, and especially in a suit that defendant brought against said Putnam to foreclose the latter’s equity of redemption in a certain farm that defendant had sold him, and during the pendency of which, plaintiff had purchased Putnam’s equity of redemption therein for his own benefit, and had attempted to redeem by tendering defendant the amount of his claim thereon, and upon defendant’s refusal to accept the tender, had brought a bill to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PoweRS, J.
Several objections to the report of the auditor were made in the court below.
I. The account of the plaintiff is made up principally of charges for services and disbursements as the attorney and so*54licitor of the defendant in sundry suits, and extends over a period of time from 1863 to 1872. A few items of general deal between the parties are also included. The main defence is the Statute of Limitations; and we are led to inquire when that statute begins to run against charges made as these are for professional services in the same cases during…
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