Denton v. Etheridge

H. A. Etheridge, an attorney at law, brought suit to the September term, 1943, of the city court of Decatur against Homer C. Denton, also an attorney, for $7500 and interest, claimed to be due him as associate counsel on a fee arising out of an alleged verbal contract between them.

The material facts alleged in the petition are: The plaintiff ■entered into a verbal agreement with the defendant, on or about February 15, 1942, whereby the plaintiff was to receive one-half ■of a 25 percent contingent fee to be charged by Denton to his ■client, Mrs. A. C. Belcher, in legal proceedings to set aside…