Morrissey v. Vollor

The appellees, W. J. Vollor, Landman Teller and James P. Biedenharn, members of the former law firm of Vollor, Teller and Biedenharn at Vicksburg, Mississippi, filed this suit on December 3, 1953, to recover of the appellant, Michael T. Morrissey also of Vicksburg, an alleged balance of $10,500 on a fee of $22,500 for legal services rendered in connection with the compromise and settlement of the claim of the United States of America for delinquent income taxes, which finally aggregated the sum of $267,278, beginning in 1942 and covering a period of six or more years.

After much negotiations…