Temple Hill Baptist Church, Inc. v. Dodson

This is the third appeal to this Court in this matter since 1967. Each of the appeals has stemmed from the attempts of Philip F. Dodson (Dodson), an attorney, to collect a judgment obtained against Doctor William B. Adams (Adams), pastor and one of the trustees of Temple Hill Baptist Church, Inc. (the Church) in Adams v. Dodson, 106 A. 2d 501 (D. C. 1954). Dodson represented Adams in a dispute with the United States Government and recovered $9,552 for Adams. The District of Columbia judgment of $1,611.82 for Dodson’s attorney’s fee in that dispute was converted into a Maryland judgment by the…