Legal Opinion

Darden v. CAPITOL CAB COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 18, 1959No. 2425PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

In this suit for an unpaid balance of attorney’s fees the question is whether the trial court was right in ruling for defendant at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence.

Plaintiff claimed that in July 1956 defendant, an incorporated cab association; employed him as its attorney at an agreed monthly fee of $350, and that though he performed the agreed services for some 20 months, he was paid only $300 per month. His testimony, supported in large part by officers of defendant corporation whom he called to the stand, was that he had first sought to have the monthly fee fixed…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Ass'n v. G. D. C. Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bay General Industries, Inc. v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Fireison v. PearsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Fireison v. PearsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. CAPITOL CAB COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC. v. DardenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
  5. Fireison v. PearsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987

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