Woodruff v. Moore

The plaintiff, an attorney, entered into a written contract with the defendant wherein he was to receive a contingent attorney’s fee of 20 per cent, of whatever reduction he would obtain in the defendant’s federal income tax. He obtained a reduction of $30,000, entitling him to a fee of $6,000. Occasional payments, were made, totaling $2,500, leaving $3,500 remaining due when the plaintiff filed spit for that amount. After suit was filed the defendant and others in his behalf made payments from time to time, so that the plaintiff permitted the action to lie dormant in district court for some…