Verner v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Witherspoon, J., Greenville, April, 1888. This was an action commenced by James IT. Whitner, and after his death continued by D. P. Yerner, his administrator, against Hewlett Sullivan. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
This was an action brought to *328recover compensation for professional services, as a lawyer, alleged to have been rendered to the defendant, at his request, by the late James H. Whitner. It appears from the testimony that the defendant had, through his counsel, Messrs. Perry & Perry, instituted an action against the Sullivan Manufacturing Company, and that about a year after that action had been commenced, the services of Mr. Whitner were engaged by the present defendant as assistant counsel in the case. The testimony tends to show…
2Cited by1 opinion
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