CAPITOL CAB COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC. v. Darden

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This case was before us on a previous occasion. We reversed a judgment for defendant and ordered a new trial. New trial resulted in a judgment for plaintiff and defendant has appealed. The general nature of the controversy is set forth in our former opinion. Darden v. Capitol Cab Cooperative Association, Inc., D.C.Mun.App., 154 A.2d 352.

The trial court found that defendant Association had engaged plaintiff’s legal services for a period of July 1, 1955, through June 30, 1956, at $300 a month; that about July 1, 1956, plaintiff submitted a new contract for a year’s service…