Fowler v. Iowa Land Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Fall River county; Hon. Levi McGee, Judge. Action by James W. Fowler and others against the Iowa Land Company, Limited, and others. From a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, defendant land company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCorson., P. J.
This is an action by the plaintiffs, as attorneys at law, to recover $5,000 for legal services alleged to have been performed by them for the defendants. The case was tried to a jury, which rendered a verdict against the defendant the Iowa Land Company, Limited, for the sum of $8,500, and from the judgment and order denying a new trial that company has appealed to this court.
*134The facts in this case are quite similar to those in the case of Pilcher v. S. C. S. D. & T. Co., 12 S. D. 52, 80 N. W. 151; the only material difference being that the judgment in that case was recovered against the…
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