Roche v. Baldwin

GRAY, C.

Plaintiff sues as the assignee of Henry E. Highton to recover the reasonable value'of the services of-said Highton performed as an attorney for defendant. A jury returned a general verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $7,727.10. On defendant’s motion for a new trial the court ordered that the motion be-granted unless plaintiff should remit one thousand dollars from the verdict and judgment entered thereon. The plaintiff consented to remit the said amount, thus reducing the judgment to $6,727.10, besides costs, and thereafter the court denied the motion for a new trial.

The defendant…