Haley v. Hollenback
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and, Clarh County; J. M. Clements, Judge. Action by Andrew J. Haley against Matilda Hollenback. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals from it and from an order denying her a new trial. This is not a contract between attorney and client, but a contract between a third person, not an attorney at law, who agrees to go out and get witnesses and hunt up testimony in order to get a portion of the recovery, if any recovery is had.
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Appeal from District Court, Lewis and, Clarh County; J. M. Clements, Judge. Action by Andrew J. Haley against Matilda Hollenback. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals from it and from an order denying her a new trial. This is not a contract between attorney and client, but a contract between a third person, not an attorney at law, who agrees to go out and get witnesses and hunt up testimony in order to get a portion of the recovery, if any recovery is had. Such a contract is ehampertous, and therefore void. (Patterson v. Donner, 48 Cal. 369; Quirk v. Muller, 14 Mont. 467, 43 Am. St.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
In this action plaintiff recovered a verdict for $500 and costs. Defendant has appealed from the judgment entered thereon and from an order denying her a new trial. The ground of recovery alleged is a breach of contract.
On April 29, 1910, defendant’s son, John Hollenback, was electrocuted by coming in contact with a wire heavily charged *496with electricity. Hollenback was then in the employ of the Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, which was engaged in the construction of a dam in the Missouri River, in Lewis and Clark county. Defendant thereafter brought an action against the corporation…
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