Saulsbury v. American Vulcanized Fibre Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Summons Case (No. 69, March Term, 1914). Action of assumpsit by Willard Saulsbury and others against American Vulcanized Fibre Company to recover compensation for professional services rendered the defendant by the plaintiffs in instituting and conducting for the defendant certain litigation in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.
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Summons Case (No. 69, March Term, 1914). Action of assumpsit by Willard Saulsbury and others against American Vulcanized Fibre Company to recover compensation for professional services rendered the defendant by the plaintiffs in instituting and conducting for the defendant certain litigation in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. The issues of fact as well as of law were tried by the court, pursuant to the statute which permits trial in this manner when agreed to by the parties. See on error, ■—Boyce—, 95 Atl. 1078. In opening, the plaintiffs stated that their case was to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Woolley, J.,
announcing the decision of the court:
Under authority of the statute and by agreement of the parties, the matters of fact at issue in this cause were tried by the court, judgment to be rendered upon its decision thereon as upon a verdict by a jury. Const. Art. 4, § 23; Chapter 270, Vol. 11, Laws of Delaware; Rev. Code of 1893 p. 776. The case was tried, testimony offered, objections interposed, rulings made and exceptions noted in all respects similar to like proceedings in a trial by jury.
In order to preserve to the parties the same right of exception they would have had, if the…
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