Blakely v. Yelvington

This case represents a dispute between lawyers and their clients over compensation for services. The clients, appellees, filed suit in equity for cancellation of a fee agreement as being inequitable and unconscionable, and to set aside a conveyance made by plaintiffs to the lawyers during the period of their services of a one-third interest in property alleged to be worth $60,000, and seeking a determination of the value of the legal services with an offer to pay the fees so fixed. The intended services were performed except a suit to quiet title, which was neglected and dismissed for want of…