QUASI-CONTRACTS -- RECOVERY FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED UNDER CHAMPERTOUS CONTRACT

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Plaintiff agreed to render legal services to defendant in an action to recover a farm, payment to be either $5,000 in cash or one-third of the appraised value of the farm at the time of a judgment in defendant's favor. The defendant recovered, but refused to pay the plaintiffs anything on the ground that the contract was in violation of a Maine statute forbidding prosecution of a suit on shares. Plaintiff sued in assumpsit for the value of services rendered and expenses incurred. Held, the contract was illegal and so no relief of any nature would be granted. Hinckley v. Giberson (Maine, 1930) 151 At!. 542.

Recommended Citation

QUASI-CONTRACTS -- RECOVERY FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED UNDER CHAMPERTOUS CONTRACT, 29 Mich. L. Rev. 386 (1931).
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