Goodwin

The action is by an assignee to recover the value of certain legal services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff’s assignor to defendant at defendant’s' special instance and request. The answer denied the averments of the complaint. The court found that defendant employed plaintiff’s assignor as an attorney to perform legal services; that the same were performed, were of the value of two thousand dollars and remained unpaid, and that the assignment to plaintiff was regular. Judgment followed in plaintiff’s favor, from which, and a subsequent order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.

The transcript discloses evidence upon plaintiff’s part tending to show these facts: Defendant corporation was the owner of certain real estate in the city of Los Angeles. A proceeding was instituted by the city of Los Angeles to open an alley, which affected defendant’s premises. One Isaac Norton was defendant’s president and employed plaintiff’s assignor to appear as an attorney and contest such proceedings. Authority from the board of directors in this regard is not shown. Norton as president was present at the trial during all of the proceedings and assisted therein. "While the…