BURT v. GAHAN


351 Mass. 340 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 817

PHILIP H. BURT & another vs. JAMES C. GAHAN, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 3, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Lyons (Paul A. Kelley with him) for the defendant.

Robert R. Clark for the plaintiffs.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

The plaintiffs, a partnership of court reporters, were engaged to take shorthand notes of a hearing before an auditor of a petition brought by S.A. Healy Company (Healy), a client of the defendant Gahan (defendant), an attorney-at-law, against the Commonwealth. This is an action of contract, arising out of those stenographic services, which was brought in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. The declaration was in two counts, the first against...

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