Credit, Inc. v. Kutzik

Rogosheske, Justice.

In the summer of 1960, William Reeves obtained an option from Clarence and Gladys Bums to purchase certain property in Chippewa County. Reeves and another party, Robert Jeffery, planned to develop a project on this property to be known as the Chippewa Motor Hotel. In 1961, Reeves and Mrs. Jeffery (Mr. Jeffery had died) obtained the legal services of defendant, Ernest Kutzik, to aid in the development of the project. The two agreed that each would pay one-half of defendant’s attorney’s fees. Between March and October, defendant worked extensively on the project, spending…