Bengoechea Macias v. De La Torre & Ramirez

MORTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by a firm of attorneys to recover for professional services. It was tried in the District Court of San Juan, where the plaintiffs recovered judgment; on appeal by the defendant to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, the judgment was affirmed; the present appeal was then taken. We shall refer to the parties, plaintiff and defendant, as they appeared in the trial court.

In the complaint the plaintiffs’ claims were stated in two counts. The first was on an account stated and agreed to by the defendant in the amount of $39,025 less certain admitted credits; it…