Dale v. Richards
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on case stated and bill of exceptions taken by the plaintiff. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This was an action by the plaintiff to recover of the defendant money which he alleged the defendant as his attorney had collected upon a claim which he had placed in his hands for suit and judgment, and which he avers in his declaration, had been paid over to the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded to the declaration, first, nil debet; second non *313assumpsit; third, a set-off of $550, alleged to be due him for professional services rendered to plaintiff; fpurth, a tender of $1,902 as a portion of the sum demanded in the declaration.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- McPherson v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Taylor v. BemissSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Wright v. TebbittsSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Keyes v. Western Vt. Slate Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1861
- Austin v. FelandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1843
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