Bivens v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Bad check. Appellant Bivens sought the legal services of one Steinberg. Bivens and Steinberg agreed that Bivens would pay a legal fee of $500. These services were to be paid for by Bivens as the services were rendered. In July, 1977, Bivens gave Steinberg five checks, each in the amount of $100. The checks were to be negotiated by Steinberg, one at the end of July and the remaining four individually at the end of the succeeding four months, but only for services rendered. A literal reading of that contract is that if Steinberg did not render any services in a particular month,…