Fraser v. Haggerty

Plaintiffs, as copartners, sued defendant in asstmpsit for legal services alleged to have been performed by Mr. Gates for defendant.- The jury found for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.

Defendant was a party to two suits' pending on the chancery side of the Wayne circuit court, in which Sylvester Larned was her solicitor of ■ record. Mr. Gates claimed that defendant came to his office, November 26, 1886, and told him that she had a suit coming on in the circuit court, in which Col. Larned was her solicitor, and that he was out of the city; that she offered him $30 to assist Col. Larned to the…