People's Casualty Claim Adjustment Co. v. Darrow
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for attorney’s fees. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellee sued the appellant to recover for services as an attorney.
That the services were rendered at the request of the appellant, and were satisfactory, was undisputed.
The abstract states that the declaration had in it the common count “ for the price and value of work and material for the same provided,” which we assume, in the absence of any more specific statement, was sufficient as a pleading upon which to recover money due for services as a lawyer. Neagle v. Herbert, 64 Ill. App. 619.
The president of the appellant and the appellee both testified that the services were rendered…
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