Morehead's Trustee v. Anderson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 11. — ACTION BY E. B. ANDERSON AGAINST C. J. MORE-HEAD’S TRUSTEE AND OTHERS TO RECOVER A FEE FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED. Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. POINTS CONTENDED FOR. FIRST.
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CASE 11. — ACTION BY E. B. ANDERSON AGAINST C. J. MORE-HEAD’S TRUSTEE AND OTHERS TO RECOVER A FEE FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED. Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. POINTS CONTENDED FOR. FIRST. In this action instituted by appellee, to recover for services rendered in making thirty-five abstracts of title for appellant, the lower court should have required him to file a bill of particulars, specifying the services rendered in making each separate abstract, and his separate charge therefor, as the services were separate and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
John D. Carroll, Commissioner
Affirming.
The appellee, who is an attorney at law at Owensboro, instituted this action against the Central Trust Company of Owensboro, Ky., trustee for C. J. More-head, etc., to recover $5,202.48 alleged to be due by it for legal services rendered at its request. Upon a trial before a jury a verdict was returned for $3,202.48. From the judgment on this verdict, this appeal is prosecuted.
The facts exhibited by the record are substantially as follows: In 1903 C. J. Morehead died the owner of a large body of coal land situated in Muhlenburg…
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