Kimball v. Public Utility District No. 1

Plaintiffs claimed $42,000 in attorneys’ fees from defendant Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County. The P.U.D. says that plaintiffs were paid in full measure for all professional services performed. From judgment on a jury verdict rendered in a neighboring county awarding plaintiffs exactly $42,000, the P.U.D. appeals.

Ned W. Kimball, admitted to the practice of law in 1938, and C. M. Clark, admitted in 1946, had an informal partnership but maintained separate offices, with Kimball in Water-ville and Clark in Coulee City. In 1955, the P.U.D., then operating only a small distribution…