Case Name: Gibbs v. Davis
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1884-03
Citations: 11 Or. 288
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gibbs v. Davis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 288–288

Head Matter:
Gibbs v. Davis.
A Demand foe Payment is not Necessaey to the Statement of. a cause of action by an attorney to recover the reasonable worth of his services.
Appeal from Multnomah County.
W. W. Gibbs, for appellant.
W. T. Burney, for respondent.

Opinion:
By tbe Court:
A complaint alleging the retainer of the plaintiff as an attorney and counsellor at law, a promise by the defendant to pay the reasonable worth of the plaintiff's services, the rendering of certain services under such retainer, the subsequent discharge of the plaintiff, and the reasonable worth of the services rendered, states a good cause of action. A demand of payment in such a case is not necessary.
Judgment reversed.