Dodd v. Newton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Evans, Judge.
Headnotes 1 through 4 require no further elaboration.
Examination of the testimony here objected to as being inadmissible shows the following:
The husband of Mrs. Ruth L. Dodd, who was a practicing attorney, was on cross examination by the plaintiff, and, over objection that it was not germane, was allowed to testify as to contingent fees in Statesboro, Georgia, as follows: ". . . settlement prior to suit a contingent fee would be twenty five (25) percent, settlement after suit filed, thirty three and one-third (33 1/3).” (T. pp. 23, *72229, 30). The defendant’s attorney, while cross…
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