Huffmaster v. Toland

(after stating the facts as above). The sufficiency of the testimony to support the finding of the jury that the fee agreed upon between Mrs. Toland and Huffmaster was not a reasonable one is not’ questioned by appellant in any of the assignments in their briefs. The main contention they present is that the representation, made by Huffmaster to Mrs. Toland, that the recovery of her property was a “hard case,” though false, as found by the jury, could not be made the basis of relief to her, because, they assert, the representation was not as to a fact, but was merely the expression of an…