Raimondi v. Bianchi

The defendant obtained a judgment for $2,200 in the Essex common pleas, representing the balance of a $2,500 counsel fee claimed to be due him from the complainant on an express contract, which was denied by the complainant.

The complainant here (the defendant in the action at law) offered to prove at the trial that the services rendered by the defendant were not of the value of the amount claimed, but was not permitted to do so, because the complaint was founded on an express agreement.

Execution has been issued on the judgment at law, and complainant applies for an injunction restraining…