Knoll v. Klatt

Attorney McCusker, attorney for respondents, was awarded the sum of $1,000, plus dis bursements, for his services, and the appellant, Attorney Rasmussen, was awarded $1,795.64.

No objection is made by respondents or their attorney to the fees set by the county judge, even though the fee under the contract with Rasmussen was limited to one quarter in the event of settlement without suit. Here the amount withheld for attorneys’ fees was one third of the settlement figure of $8,500. Accordingly, we are not confronted with any question other than the propriety of the allocation of the fees. No…