Bentley, Hatfield & Bentley v. Brown
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Sedgwick District Court. The opinion states the nature of the action, and the material facts. July 11, 1885, judgment was rendered for the plaintiff Brown for $972.45. The defendants bring the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
Mary F. Brown brought this action against Bentley, Hatfield & Bentley, to recover the sum of $1,071.60. They are lawyers who had been employed by her to attend to several matters and proceedings in which she was interested. While serving in that capacity they received from several *15sources moneys belonging to her, and for which this action was brought. They admitted the receipt of the money, and that they were accountable for the amounts charged against them; but they set up a claim that she was indebted to them in a much larger sum for the…
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