Lytle v. Clopton
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Conrt of Davidson County. —Hon. Jas. B. Newman, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney
delivered' tlie opinion of the Court.
The bill in this canse was filed by Thomas B. Lytle and J. J. Vertrees to recover solicitors’ fees for services rendered the defendant, W. C. Clopton, in the cause of Hog-gwbt v. Clopton, in which title to a tract of land, worth in excess of $100,000, was involved.
It will not be necessary to detail the services rendered by the complainants to the defendant, since no question is made as to the reasonableness of the fees allowed by the chancellor, and this court, being familiar with that case, feels no hesitancy in saying that the fees of $10,000, fixed by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hoggatt v. CloptonTennessee Supreme Court · 1919
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