West v. Levin & Levin

OPINION

By COOK and FINDLEY, JJ.

These proceedings to fix attorney fees were instituted by the direction of the Industrial Commission of Ohio in the Probate Court of Lorain county. No record being made there, the matter was tried de novo in the Common Pleas Court.

In 1927 John Habant met with an accidental injury during the course of his employment by The National Tube Company. Some years later he consulted at least three lawyers concerning his claim for compensation. They found him to be vexatious, and two of them gave him little time. Attorney Charles F. Adams undertook the matter, but found…