Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Stillings & Fenlon

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1878PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error from Leavenworth District Court. The district court, at March Term 1877, gave judgment in favor of Stillings & Fenlon, against Mitchell, defendant. New trial refused, and defendant brings the case here.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action brought by Stillings & Fenlon against David H. Mitchell for professional services as attorneys-and-counselors-at-law. The action was commenced in a justice’s court, where judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs for the amount of their claim, to-wit, $250. The defendant appealed to the district court, where the case was again tried, before the court and a jury, and a verdict and judgment were there rendered for the plaintiffs for the sum of $200. Immediately after the verdict was rendered, the defendant moved to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Klopp v. JillSupreme Court of Kansas · 1868

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pasho v. BlitzSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  2. Robertson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1915

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