Muller v. Nelson, Sherrod & Carter

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice..

The appellees, individuals and partners of a law firm, and hereinafter referred to merely as Sherrod, sued the appellants, husband and wife, hereinafter referred to in the singular as Phillip, to recover attorney’s fees. From the award of attorney’s fees to Sherrod, Muller appealed.

Judgment is affirmed.

The judgment in favor of Sherrod was by the trial court, sitting without a jury, predicated upon right of recovery under the equitable principle of quantum meruit. We have no doubt of Sherrod’s alternative right to recover under that theory upon some correct…