Buckles v. Northeast Kansas Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Brown district court; William I. Stuart, judge. STATEMENT. This is an action brought by R. F. Buckles against the Northeast Kansas Telephone Company to recover for legal services rendered, and for retainer fees covering a number of years. F. M. Pearl was the law partner of Buckles during the time, and- also a director and secretary of the telephone company. He refused to join as plaintiff and was made a defendant.
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Error from Brown district court; William I. Stuart, judge. STATEMENT. This is an action brought by R. F. Buckles against the Northeast Kansas Telephone Company to recover for legal services rendered, and for retainer fees covering a number of years. F. M. Pearl was the law partner of Buckles during the time, and- also a director and secretary of the telephone company. He refused to join as plaintiff and was made a defendant. The defendant company answered by a general denial, and Pearl filed a disclaimer in the form of an affidavit. The reply was a general denial. Upon the issues thus formed…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bens on, J.:
The findings of the referee show that all the services rendered by Buckles & Pearl for the defendant were paid for in full, except the services for which the court allowed the sum of $15, that being the amount that the referee found to be reasonable. The plaintiff does not complain of these findings, and this leaves the only question to be considered vfiiether the court ought to have allowed the retainer fees found by the referee and stricken out.
While the payment of a retainer to an attorney may be usual, and an agreement to make such…
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