Myers v. Crockett
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Dallas. Action by the appellee against the appelant for $100 for services as an attorney. There was a statement of facts as follows: The counsel in this case failing to agree to a statement of facts, the following is given by the presiding Judge, as the facts proved on the trial: that previous to the Pall Term, 1852, defendant employed plaintiff, an attorney at law, to prosecute a suit for him to try the title to 320 acres of land, and agreed to give plaintiff…
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Appeal from Dallas. Action by the appellee against the appelant for $100 for services as an attorney. There was a statement of facts as follows: The counsel in this case failing to agree to a statement of facts, the following is given by the presiding Judge, as the facts proved on the trial: that previous to the Pall Term, 1852, defendant employed plaintiff, an attorney at law, to prosecute a suit for him to try the title to 320 acres of land, and agreed to give plaintiff one hundred dollars for his services ; that plaintiff gave counsel to the defendant about the matter; filed a caveat in…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
Whether the discharge of the plaintiff by his client entitled him to recover the Ml compensation contracted to be paid Mm for his services in the suit, it is not necessary to determine. The jury treated the contract as divisible, by giving a verdict for the plaintiff for a less sum, as the amount to wMch they conceived him entitled for the services performed, for which the Court gave judgment. The plaintiff has not complained; and it is very clear the defendant has no cause to complain of the judgment. There can be no question that the plfl.i-nt.iff was entitled to recover compensation for…
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