Morrison Waite

“ Justice Swayne, 'We entertain no doubt . . . an agreement, express or implied, for purely professional services, is valid.' Such services, we say, 'rest on the same principle of ethics as professional services rendered in a court of justice, and are no more exceptionable.' In fact, the commission acting on this claim was a quasi court. ”

“ Tebbitts appeared, and presented an argument in behalf of his client. This is all he did, and all he engaged to do. It was legitimate service rendered in a legitimate employment. To deprive a claimant of the means of obtaining such professional service would be to deprive him, in many instances, of the means of asserting and enforcing his claim. In this case, so far as any thing appears by the record, Wright neither contracted for nor received any thing else than legitimate and honorable professional assistance. ”