Morton v. Forsee
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court —Hon. G. A. Mosmcm, Judge. (1) The pretended fee contract was inadmissible in evidence and should have been excluded from the consideration of the case. White v. Tolliver, 20 So. 97; Dickinson v. Bradford, 59 Ala. 581; Ryan v. Ash-ton, 42 Iowa, 365; Nesbit v. Lockman, 34 N. Y. 167; Place v. Haywood, 117 N. Y. 497; Bingham v. Sheldon, 91 N. Y. Supp. 917; Greenfield’s Estate, 14 Pa.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court —Hon. G. A. Mosmcm, Judge. (1) The pretended fee contract was inadmissible in evidence and should have been excluded from the consideration of the case. White v. Tolliver, 20 So. 97; Dickinson v. Bradford, 59 Ala. 581; Ryan v. Ash-ton, 42 Iowa, 365; Nesbit v. Lockman, 34 N. Y. 167; Place v. Haywood, 117 N. Y. 497; Bingham v. Sheldon, 91 N. Y. Supp. 917; Greenfield’s Estate, 14 Pa. St. 504; Thomas v. Turner, 87 Ya. 1; Staley v. Dodge, 50 Ill. 45; Elmore v. Johnson, 143 Ill. 513; Burnham v. ITaseltine, 82 Me. 495; Huguenin v. Baseley, 14 Ves. 273; Oleine v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This is an action to recover an attorney’s fee alleged to be due the estate of James F. Pitt, deceased, formerly a practicing attorney in the city of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Counsel for the defendant thus summarizes plaintiff ’s petition:
“This action is by the executor of the late James-F. Pitt, against Mrs.. Forsee, to recover for services rendered defendant as attorney at law in defense of the suit of the Attorney-General of Missouri against her, which suit was begun in Buchanan Circuit Court and finally determined on appeal in this court, on April 11, 1907. [203 Mo. 418.] This cause was tried…
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