Assumpsit against several defendants for work and labour by the plaintiff as an attorney, with counts for money paid, ande. Plea,-by one of the defendants,-to the whole declaration, that the action was commenced, after the 6 and 7 Vict. e. 73, for the recovery of fees, charges, and disbursements due to the plaintiff as an attorney, as in the first count mentioned, and that no signed bill had been delivered to the defendant, or sent by the post to, or left for him at, his counting-house, office of business, dwelling-house, or last known place of abode :-Held, on special demurrer, that the word ‘disbursements’ applied to the count for money paid; and that the plea sufficiently negatived the delivery of a bill of costs within the terms of the statute
Citations:
[1849] EngR 639, (1849) 7 CB 875, (1849) 137 ER 347
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England and Wales
Legal Professions
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.298944
