Marx v. Lenske

The only issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow certain attorney fees.

The genesis of this complicated and protracted litigation occurred in 1963 when Reuben and Rose Lenske conveyed certain real property in trust to Gunther Krause, formerly an attorney practicing in Portland and the senior member of the law partnership of Krause, Lindsay and Nahstoll. The trust was to secure Lenske’s indebtedness to William Marx, a certified public accountant, for Ms services in connection with a criminal tax fraud prosecution pending against Lenske. Krause was also attorney…