Blalock v. . Whisnant

Civil action to recover on alleged contract for professional services.

This action was instituted by Mark Squires, now deceased. The present plaintiffs are the executrices of his will. The complaint alleges, in substance: That about 1 August, 1926, defendant employed plaintiff as attorney to represent him on his appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee from judgment of criminal court of Washington County, Tennessee, sentencing him to five years in the penitentiary; that for the services to be rendered, plaintiff was to be paid "whatever was reasonably just and adequate"; that in consequence…