Conyers v. Graham & Foute
Supreme Court of Georgia
Verdict. Evidence. Charge of court. Jury and jurors. Constitutional law. Before Thomas ~W. Milner, Esq., judge pro hac vice. City court of Cartersville. March term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Graham & Foute sued Conyers in the city court of Bartow county for $174.50, which, they alleged, he had received for their use, from certain heirs of Z. Felton, deceased, for services of the plaintiff's as attorneys at law in behalf of said heirs in certain cases against Sumner et al.; the contract of Conyers being to pay the plaintiffs half of the fees received by him, and he having received $859.90, and the plaintiffs only $510.75 and interest from July 5th, 1888. The defendant pleaded the general issue and payment. In his plea he alleged, in substance, that he employed…
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