Mutter v. Burgess

L. W. Burgess and E. B. Adams, engaged in the prac tiee of law under the firm name of Burgess and Adams, herein called the plaintiffs, sued A. M. Mutter, herein called the defendant, for the balance of a fee claimed to be due them under a contract. They recovered a judgment for $800, the full amount demanded, which judgment Mutter seeks to reverse.

The question presented for our decision concerns the right of lawyers to recover for their services when they withdraw from a case before the full performance of the services they agreed to perform. On March 21,1929, the defendant employed the…