Leader v. Vaughan

The only question of merit in this appeal is the refusal of the court to give, at the request of defendant, the general affirmative charge in his behalf.

The controversy, the subject of this litigation, arose out of a disagreement between plaintiff and defendant as to the amount of compensation due the plaintiff for services as an attorney who was engaged as associate counsel in certain litigation between Leader and the Romanos. A series of suits were filed by Leader, this defendant, against Annie Romano and Annie Romano as executrix in 1922 and 1923. Pete Romano was arrested at the…