A person who employs or re-tains an nttorney, or counsellor, to nppear for him ln courts, ndvise, assist, nnd defend him ln legal proceedings, and to nct for him ln any legal business. McCrenry v. Hoopes, 25 Miss. 428; McFarland v. Crary, 6 wend. (N. Y.) 297; Cross v. Riggins, 50 Mo. 335
