Youngblood v. Higgins

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action based upon a written fee agreement.

Appellant, who is in the construction business in the Palm Springs area, conferred with the respondent, who is and was an attorney at law, with reference to a controversy between appellant and Mary K. and Adolph Bremer, Jr., over a building contract. Appellant and respondent thereupon entered into a written contract of employment on a contingent fee basis. The contract is set forth in full in the footnote hereto. 1

Pursuant to the contract, appellant paid respondent…