McDearmon v. Gordon & Gremillion

445 S.W.2d 488 (1969)

Cleo Watson McDEARMON, Appellant,

v.

GORDON & GREMILLION, Erwin & Bengel, Attorneys, Appellees.

No. 5-4944.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 13, 1969.

Bowie & Boyce, Newport, for appellant.

Gordon & Gremillion, Baton Rouge, La., and Erwin & Bengel, Newport, for appellees.

HARRIS, Chief Justice.

This appeal relates to the validity of a contingent fee contract in a domestic relations case. On November 14, 1967, George W. McDearmon, a resident of Shoffner, Jackson County, Arkansas, instituted suit for absolute divorce in the Jackson County Chancery Court against his wife, Cleo…