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11 Or. 288

Gibbs v. Davis

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1884

Oregon Supreme Court · decided 1884-03-15

<p>A Demand foe Payment is not Necessaey to the Statement of. a cause of action by an attorney to recover the reasonable worth of his services.</p>

Decided 1884-03-15

By tbe Court:

¶1A complaint alleging the retainer of the plaintiff as an attorney and counsellor at law, a promise by the defendant to pay the reasonable worth of the plaintiff’s services, the rendering of certain services under such retainer, the subsequent discharge of the plaintiff, and the reasonable worth of the services rendered, states a good cause of action. A demand of payment in such a case is not necessary.

¶2Judgment reversed.

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