Mansell v. Foss

PEARSON, Judge.

Paul L. Mansell, Jr., appeals a final judgment rendered against him in the trial court. The plaintiff was George B. Foss, Jr., an attorney at law. Foss sued Mansell on a complaint in which he claimed damages because of the breach" of a written contract of employment whereby Mansell retained Attorney Foss for certain litigation and agreed to pay a reasonable fee therefor. Foss claimed that he performed the services but was paid nothing beyond a retainer. After trial before the court without a jury, the trial court found for Attorney Foss but upon a theory different from that set…