Ellis v. Frawley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county: E. Ray Stevests, Judge. Action for an accounting and settlement of the affairs of a joint business venture or partnership. The plaintiff is a lawyer residing and practicing at Black River Falls, the defendants are lawyers residing and practicing at Eau Claire.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county: E. Ray Stevests, Judge. Action for an accounting and settlement of the affairs of a joint business venture or partnership. The plaintiff is a lawyer residing and practicing at Black River Falls, the defendants are lawyers residing and practicing at Eau Claire. In October, 1911, a destructive flood occurred in the Black river by which much private and public property was destroyed in the city of Black River Falls. It was claimed generally that the flood resulted from the negligence of the La Crosse Water Power Company in the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 13, 1917:
Winslow, C. J.
There being no hill of exceptions, the only inquiry presented is whether upon the facts found hy the trial court the judgment is right. Those facts are: A firm of lawyers requested another lawyer to go around among the flood sufferers and persuade them to employ the firm to prosecute their damage claims and to execute assignments of *383their claims to one person for the purpose of facilitating the litigation 5 the second lawyer undertook the task, was successful in his work, and has recovered the value thereof. The judgment is right…
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