Morrison v. Federico

120 Utah 75 (1951)

232 P.2d 374

MORRISON

v.

FEDERICO et al.

No. 7512.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Decided June 6, 1951.

Leon Fonnesbeck, Logan, for appellant.

Marriner M. Morrison, Logan, for respondent.

LATIMER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in an action brought by him to recover fees for legal services rendered on behalf of defendant, Jean Hardin Federico. The defendants are husband and wife. The services involved a habeas corpus proceeding instituted against the husband and the paternal grandparents to recover custody of the minor child of the parties; and, services…