Sessions v. Palmeter
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Chautauqua county court. Action by Walter L. Sessions against Washington Palmeter and' Jane Palmeter to recover for services rendered as attorney at law. From a judgment of the county court reversing a judgment entered on a verdict in a justice’s court, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
The defendant Jane Palmeter was a sister and heir at law of Alice G. Bentley, deceased, and, as such, contested the admission of her will to probate before the surrogate, Chautauqua county. The plaintiff was employed by defendants to conduct such contest. The evidence tends to show that he was employed by both of the defendants, who are husband and wife, and a case was prepared, tried, and submitted to the surrogate upon written briefs. Thereupon the plaintiff rendered a bill for his services, in which he charged them $125, and inclosed a note for that amount, which *1077he requested them to sign…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tenney v. . BergerNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
3Cited by3 opinions
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