Cook v. Blair
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Cowrt. The plaintiff’s intestate, Isaac Cook, brought this action to recover for professional services rendered as an attorney at law. The case was referred to a referee, who found that the intestate’s services were of the value of four thousand five hundred dollars. The.court confirmed the report, and rendered judgment in favor of the intestate for that amount,, with interest. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
i. evidence: deposition. I. Upon the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence the deposition of N. M. Hubbard. The defendant objected upon the ground that it did not appear that the witness could not have been present at the trial. The reason given in the deposition for its being taken is that the witness expected to be occupied in the U. S. Circuit Court at Des Moines at the time set for the hearing of this case before the referee. But it appears that the case was not heard at the time set. Whether the reason given in the deposition for taking it was sufficient, we need not determine. No…
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