Ellis v. Warfield
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Hon. W. F. BRANNAN, Judge. ActioN to recover two hundred and fifty dollars for services rendered as attorneys for the defendant before the supreme court in the case of this defendant against Elsie Warfield.
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Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Hon. W. F. BRANNAN, Judge. ActioN to recover two hundred and fifty dollars for services rendered as attorneys for the defendant before the supreme court in the case of this defendant against Elsie Warfield. The defendant answered, admitting the services, and the value thereof, but alleged that the plaintiffs performed services in that case in the district court under an agreed fee of twenty-five dollars per day; that at the time the decision was rendered by the district court the defendant paid the plaintiffs in full for services to that date, and,…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. The appellees moved to affirm the judgment on the grounds that the abstract' does not claim to contain all of the testimony; that the instructions were not excepted to ; and that the assignments of error in the admission of testimony are too general. We think the record before us is in substantial compliance with the rules with respect to abstracts, exceptions, and assignments of error, and the motion to affirm is, therefore, overruled.
II. The court admitted testimony, over the defendant’s objection, as to the extent and value of the services rendered by the plaintiffs in the district…
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