Palmer v. Brown

The appellee, a member of the Maryland Bar of long standing, was employed by the appellant to render certain professional services in seeking to recover damages, “or compensation of any kind or character,” in connection with appellant’s farm in Harford County, Maryland, which was subsequently acquired as a part of the Aberdeen Proving Ground area, a United States Government project. The basis of this employment was a written contract between the parties dated December 4, 1939, which the appellant canceled by his letter to the appellee under date of August 18; 1941. The appellant later…