Paine v. O'Donnell

This was a suit to recover an attorney’s fee of $50 claimed as due plaintiff on a contract made with defendant wherein the latter agreed to pay plaintiff that sum for getting a claim allowed against an estate or for collecting it. The case origi.suited in a justice court, and, upon trial and judgment *301there, was appealed to the circuit court where it was tried de novo before the court without a jury. The court took the case under advisement and three days later found the issues for plaintiff and a judgment was entered in his favor for $50. Defendant filed no motion for new trial, hut some ten…