Laguna Valley Co. v. Fitch
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. This is a suit by appellee to recover for legal services claimed to have been rendered for the appellant, a corporation organized under the laws of the territory of New Mexico. The cause was submitted to the trial court without a jury.
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Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. This is a suit by appellee to recover for legal services claimed to have been rendered for the appellant, a corporation organized under the laws of the territory of New Mexico. The cause was submitted to the trial court without a jury. It is conceded by appellant that appellee was employed in February 1893 by one Wilson Waddingham, president of the appellant company, which was then known as the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
It would seem from the evidence there can he no room for reasonable doubt that appellee was recognized and treated by the company itself as its attorney in Mbw Mexico before as well as after Waddingham’s death, that the services in controversy were rendered solely for that company and that appellee was promised a good fee for such services by the attorney of the company having at the time general supervision of 'its litigation in Mew Mexico, “as soon as the company gets money.”
The defense made in behalf of appellant is, that in March 1900 appellee filed a claim in a .probate court in Mew…
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