Marshall v. Dossett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Robert J. Lea, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an action of replevin brought by the appellants, who are attorneys at law, for the possession of a mule which, it is claimed, the defendant had promised to deliver to them as a fee for professional services rendered at his instance.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Robert J. Lea, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an action of replevin brought by the appellants, who are attorneys at law, for the possession of a mule which, it is claimed, the defendant had promised to deliver to them as a fee for professional services rendered at his instance. The case was tried on the following agreed statement of facts: “ J. M. Dossett, defendant herein, was confined in the Pulaski county jail on a charge of grand larceny, and, on November 14, 1889, asked Marshall & Coffman to defend him, which they agreed to do, if he would pay a…
1Opinion of the Court
Cockriee, C. J.,
after stating the facts as above reported.
There was a general finding in favor of the defendant. Recurring to the facts set forth in the agreed statement, in order to sustain the finding, we draw the strongest inference in its favor that a jury would have been warranted in deducing if they had tried the cause. The fact that the evidence is reduced to an agreed statement does not change the rule. Robson v. Tomlinson, 54 Ark. 481.
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In that light the case may be stated thus : An attorney, who had agreed to defend a prisoner confined in jail, for a…
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