Jones v. Miller Appeal of Miller

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in a .suit for damages claimed to have been sustained as a result of defendant’s failure to honor his lien. The cause was tried to the court without a jury. Jurisdiction is grounded on diversity of citizenship.

The undisputed evidence shows that Jones-, a practicing attorney and resident of West yirginia, has had an office in Wheeling since 1913. S. A. Williams, a nonpracticing attorney who was engaged in the purchase and sale of coal lands, used Jones’ office as his headquarters and, save for a short period when Jones…