Formby v. Pryor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Assumpsit, &c., in Troup Superior Court. Tried before Judge Irwin, November Term, 1853. This was an action by Wm. B. Pryor against Aaron Form-by, for professional services, in procuring the pardon of George W. Formby, the son of defendant, who was imprisoned in the penitentiary. Upon the trial, it was proven by plaintiff below, that defendant agreed to give him §>500 for his services. Defendant below proved, that Pryor said he intended to charge nothing.
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Assumpsit, &c., in Troup Superior Court. Tried before Judge Irwin, November Term, 1853. This was an action by Wm. B. Pryor against Aaron Form-by, for professional services, in procuring the pardon of George W. Formby, the son of defendant, who was imprisoned in the penitentiary. Upon the trial, it was proven by plaintiff below, that defendant agreed to give him §>500 for his services. Defendant below proved, that Pryor said he intended to charge nothing. The Court charged the Jury, that “ if they believed that a contract had been proven between the parties—that the declarations of Pryor to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.,
delivering the opinion.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Wm. B. Pryor? as an attorney at law, to recover- five hundred dollars o'f Aaron Formby, the defendant, as a fee for services to be rendered by the plaintiff, for getting George W. Formby, the son -of the defendant, out of the penitentiary, where he was imprisoned for the offence of larceny.
On the trial, the plaintiff submitted his evidence, in support of his declaration ; and I regret exceedingly, that it becomes indispensably necessary to recapitulate the whole of it, as two of the three' exceptions,…
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