Hart v. Vidal
California Supreme Court
Hart v. Vidal, 6 Cal. 56 (Cal. 1856)
Heydenfeldt
Hart v. Vidal
Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Murray concurred.
. The count is for services rendered as attorney at law in the case of Brown v. Vidal. Upon the trial, "evidence was admitted against the objection of defendant to prove the value of services in the case of New-land v. Keane.
The proofs in every case must correspond with the allegations. A
Newland was an incompetent witness to prove the value of Hart’s legal services. He was not a lawyer, and therefore not such an expert as the rules of evidence admit.
For these errors the judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded.
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- In an action to recover the value of services as attorney in a certain suit, it is incompetent to prove the value of plaintiff’s services in another action. A witness, who is not an attorney, is incompetent to prove the value of an attorney’s services.