23 Neb. 617 | Neb. | 1888
The plaintiffs constitute a firm of practicing attorneys at York, in this state, and bring this action against the
That the services set out in the petition were rendered to the defendant, is fully established by all the evidence. The case was contested, and occupied several evenings in the trial, and resulted in a decree of divorce for the defendant herein. These facts are practically admitted, but it is claimed that the services were rendered for one C. W. Kyle, an attorney in an adjoining county, and brother-in-law of the defendant, who, it is claimed, had undertaken to procure a divorce for the defendant for a stipulated sum, and who retained the plaintiffs to assist in the case. The testimony on this point shows that Mr. Kyle had filed the petition in that case, and about the time the answer was to be filed he wrote to the plaintiffs requesting them to look at the answer, and if impertinent or scandalous matter was inserted therein to take the necessary steps to expunge the same, or to file a reply, as they deemed best, and that the defendant would call upon them and state the necessary facts, to advise them as to her rights in the matter. He added, “ of course I will see you paid for your trouble.” The defendant thereupon called upon the plaintiffs a number of times, and they filed the necessary pleadings to make up the issues in the case, and assisted in the trial, and after a decree in favor of the defendant herein, rendered some service in perfecting a bill of exceptions of the defendant’s husband, who seems to have contemplated an appeal to the supreme court. The Kyle letter was mentioned by both the plaintiffs and the defendant, but she did not inform them that she had entered into a contract with Mr. Kyle to procure a divorce for her for a stipulated sum, nor is there any evidence that the plaintiffs had such
The judgment of the district court is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.
Reversed and remanded.