Jacobs v. Holston

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Sylvania Municipal Court entered in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, Frank D. Jacobs, an attorney at law, upon his motion for summary judgment for the balance due on a retaining fee and for his services rendered at a stated hourly rate. We reverse.

The facts are as follows. The defendants-appellants retained the plaintiff as counsel in connection with certain tax investigations and proceedings then being conducted by the In ternal Revenue Service. The terms of this retainer were set forth in an “Agreement For Legal and Tax Services,” entered into by the…