Legal Opinion
Swift v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1930No. 49PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This is an action at law brought by G-eorge M. Swift against Martha Jackson, an incompetent Indian, and Hill Moore, as her guardian, to recover for certain services alleged to have been rendered by Swift, as an attorney-at-law, under a contract entered into May 19,1919, between W. E. McKinney, purporting to act as guardian of Martha Jackson, and Swift. This contract recited that McKinney, as such guardian, “hereby employs G-eorge M. Swift, as his attorney-at-law, to take all necessary and proper steps and to bring such suit or suits as may be necessary, to avoid and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Keller v. Potomac Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Gordon v. Ware Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Colley v. WolcottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
- Ex parte PlittU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1853
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Henderson v. United States Radiator CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- Vinson v. GrahamCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
- Clegg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Garrett v. McReeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- Aro Equipment Corporation v. Herring-Wissler Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
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