Hanley v. Oil Capital Broadcasting Ass'n

Mr. Judge Brewster

of the Commission of Appeals delivered the opinion for the Court.

On May 28, 1940, petitioner, James H. Hanley, a lawyer residing in Washington, D. C., sued respondents, Oil Capital Broadcasting Association and Roy G. Terry for attorney’s fees for services rendered in obtaining á permit to construct and operate Radio Station KOCA, at Kilgore, Texas, and for other legal services rendered before the Federal Communications Commission, from April 9, 1935, to January, 1940. Respondents answered with a general denial and a special plea that “many of the items sued for by the…