Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Rittenhouse

DAVISON, justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for attorney’s fees in favor of the movants, Irving H. Green, Rittenhouse, Hanson & Evans, Walter D. Hanson and S. G. Evans, against Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company, defendant. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

The movants were attorneys for one-John Tollie Smith in the prosecution of an action for damages for personal injuries against said railroad company, as defendant. On September 12, 1952, after trial, verdict, and ordered remittitur, judgment was rendered in favor of said Smith, as…