Wynn, Shannon & Co. v. Cox
Supreme Court of Georgia
Assumpsit, in Pike Superior Court. Tried before Judge-Floyd, March Term, 1848. The facts may be found in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
An action of assumpsit was brought by the plaintiffs in error, against the defendant, in the Superior Court of Pike county, on two promissory notes. In addition to the general issue, fyc. the defendant filed a special defence, to the effect that the claims sued on were to be discharged in piofessional services, to be rendered by the defendant as an attorney at law. It seems that in 1842, the defendant being indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $900, in addition to the demands embraced in this action, Robert R. Cox, for the purpose of…
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