Jorgenson v. Midland National Life Insurance

WALL, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment which denied him the right to recover, after the Court had directed the jury to enter a verdict against him. He alleged in his amended complaint that he was a duly licensed attorney; that about July 1, 1939, plaintiff and defendant had negotiations in reference to the performance of legal services by plaintiff for defendant, and at such time the defendant represented to plaintiff that the legal services it wanted plaintiff to perform would require not more than one-half of plaintiff’s reasonable working time, and defendant agreed…