Noble v. Fisher

Citations

• 96 Kan. 247
• 150 P. 575
• 1915 Kan. LEXIS 358

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Attorney’s Fee — Employment by Father to Defend Son in Criminal Action — Statute of Frauds. A father was sued upon an oral contract employing attorneys to defend his son in a criminal action. They testified that he had employed them. He denied that he had made any contract with them and offered evidence to show that the son employed them. The court instructed that before the plaintiffs could recover they must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that they were employed by the defendant to render the services; that there must have been a contract with him, and that he could not be held for the debt of his son. Held, that there was no error in refusing to give an instruction setting out in substance the language of the statute of frauds.</p>