Youngblood v. Wilson & Cureton

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

From a judgment for attorneys, the plaintiffs Wilson and Cureton, in a suit for attorney’s fees and for attorney’s fees for their collection under Article 2226, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St, defendant J. W. Young-blood appealed.

Judgment affirmed.

The defendant protests the recovery by the lawyer plaintiffs of attorney’s fees for the representation of them by an attorney. The contention is that the provisions therefor in Article 2226, where the suit is for “personal services rendered, labor done,” was intended to apply in cases where the plaintiff was a laborer, servant, clerk,…