Tucker v. Dudley

This appeal is from a decree of an equity court awarding the sum of $1,500 to the appellee, as a fee for legal services rendered to the appellant, out of funds paid to the clerk of court pursuant to a decree of interpleader, the balance of said funds, after deduction of court costs, to be paid to the appellant.

It is undisputed that early in January, 1959, Tucker, who was employed as a steel foreman by Armco Corporation, asked Dudley to represent him in negotiations for a property settlement with Tucker’s former wife, who had obtained a divorce a vinculo from him in 1957. It seems that after…