Ulrich v. McTague

Citations

• 235 Pa. 215
• 83 A. 616
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 528

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Attorney and client — Incorporation of borough— Signers of petition — Affidavits of Defense.</p> <p>An attorney-at-law cannot obtain judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in an action against the signers of a petition to incorporate a borough, for his professional services in procuring the incorporation, where he does not aver in his statement of claim that the person who brought him the petition was authorized by the defendants to obtain the plaintiff’s services or employ him as an attorney, or aver that the defendants in any way recognized him as acting for them as an attorney in the matter. The mere fact that the defendants were petitioners for the incorporation is not sufficient to impose upon them liability for the attorney’s fees in securing the charter.</p>