Ohio Court of Appeals, 1923

Price v. Critchfield

Price v. Critchfield
Ohio Court of Appeals · Decided May 25, 1923 · Funk, Pardee, Washburn
1 Ohio Law. Abs. 669; 1923 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 1746

Price v. Critchfield

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

Epitomized Opinion.

This was an a<tion brought b” Critchfield to recover for legal services and xpenses in connection with a suit brought by Price against the Pennsylvania Railroad. The evidence disclosed that most dUhe services were rendered as an investigator |[^Her than as an attorney. The court rendered a fragment for the plaintiff. The defendent prosecuted enor. In sustaining the judgment of the lower court, the Court of Appeals held:

1. Regardless of whether the services were rendered as an attorney or merely as an investigator the plaintiff was entitled to a judgment for the services so rendered and that substantial justice was done in the rendition of such judgment.

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