Neville v. Davinroy

The plaintiff, Edward Neville, an attorney, brought an action alleging an express oral contract in the circuit court of St. Clair County against his former client, defendant, Albert J. Davinroy, for compensation for legal services rendered at the contractual rate of *35 per hour in ten different matters over a period of approximately four years. The trial court sitting without a jury found that there was “an oral contract for services rendered with no mention of price involved” and that Neville “indicated in his opinion the reasonableness of the fee (of *35 per hour), supported by what existed at…