Roosevelt v. . Linkert

This action was commenced by the plaintiff to recover a balance of $997.52, alleged to be due him for services, as an attorney, rendered for the defendant. Besides other defences, the defendant alleged, in his answer, certain counter-claims, amounting to $1,322.32, and claimed judgment against the plaintiff for that amount, besides interest.

The action was tried before a referee, who found the value of plaintiff’s services as attorney for defendant to be the sum of $1,303.34, of which he had been paid the sum of $320.50, leaving a balance of $982.84 due; and he found the counterclaims of the…