78 Iowa 11 | Iowa | 1889
It appears from the record that the plaintiff is a practicing attorney, and that the defendant had certain claims or demands in the form of promissory notes upon certain persons, who were of doubtful solvency. In other words, the claims belonged to that class which are sometimes called “desperate debts.” The plaintiff commenced his action by claiming in his original petition that the defendant, by an express contract, employed plaintiff to put the claims into judgment, and collect the same. The defendant denied that he made any contract with the plaintiff, or that he employedJiim in any way. He claimed that the plaintiff’s father undertook to perform the services upon an express contract that payment for the services should be made by credits indorsed on certain notes held by defendant against plaintiff’s father, and that Royal Hudspeth, the father, agreed to furnish the services of the plaintiff, and other legal services, if necessary. The plaintiff thereupon added an additional count to his petition, in which he claimed, in substance, that the defendant knew at the time the services were being performed that the plaintiff was engaged therein, and that the same were done with defendant’s knowledge and consent, and that, having accepted the benefits of the services, he is liable therefor. In other words, plaintiff claims by his additional count in the petition that the services were performed under an implied contract. There was evidence in the case which tended to sustain the defense that the services