Rowe v. Holmes

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding the plaintiff interest on a fee for professional services rendered to the defendants.

The defendants owned certain lands which were condemned and taken for use as a reservoir site in an action filed by the Metropolitan Water District. In 1935, the defendants employed the plaintiff, by a written contract, to render services as a hydraulic engineer in connection with that action. While the plaintiff’s compensation was not contingent upon the outcome of that case, under the terms of the contract, whether it was payable upon the entry of a judgment in…