Peirce v. Sholtey
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myeks, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1914.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought by Charles M. Peirce in March, 1913, to recover attorney’s fees from Levi W. Sholtey and D. A. Taylor for services averred to have been rendered for defendants by plaintiff. The declaration consists of one count in assumpsit in which the ad damnum is laid at $2,500, to which is attached a bill of particulars containing items of charges extending from January, 1905, to October, 1909, amounting to $6,192.05, and items of credit amounting to $1,258.90. This bill of particulars was afterwards amended by adding…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Waterman v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Farnan v. ChildsIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- People ex rel. Sholtey v. CroweAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
- Taylor v. CroweAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905
- People v. CroweAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908