Adriatic Fire Insurance v. Treadwell
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOB THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Action by defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, to recover $15,000 for professional services claimed to bave been rendered to tbe plaintiffs in error jointly. The defence Avas that the contract was several. The agreement between the companies on -which, the alleged joint contract was founded appears in the opinion of the court.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOB THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Action by defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, to recover $15,000 for professional services claimed to bave been rendered to tbe plaintiffs in error jointly. The defence Avas that the contract was several. The agreement between the companies on -which, the alleged joint contract was founded appears in the opinion of the court. The court below held the contract to be joint, and gave judgment for the plaintiff below- for $8,000. The defendants below sued out their writ of error and brought the case…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
This action was brought by the defendant in error to recover compensation for professional services as an attorney and counsellor at law, rendered, as alleged, at the instance and request of the defendants in error, and each of them, as1 well as of sundry other corporations not inhabitants of the Southern District of New York or of the State of New York, nor found therein, and, therefore, not joined, as defendants below, in and about the defence of certain suits brought against several of them in Massachusetts, but in which all had a common interest, and for which it is alleged these…
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