Tullis v. Calhoun

LAND, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this suit on quantum meruit for attorney’s fees alleged by him to be due by defendant in the sum of $500. Judgment was rendered in plaintiff’s favor in the district court in the sum of $200, with interest and costs, and on appeal was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit (161 So. 619).

The case is now before us for review under writ of certiorari herein granted.

Plaintiff, an attorney at law, was employed by the wife of defendant, without any agreement as to fee at the time of employment, to file and prosecute for her a suit for divorce, or in the…