Rogers Walla Walla, Inc. v. Ballard

Charles H. and Eileen M. Ballard, husband and wife, appeal from a judgment against them in favor of the law firm of Riddell, Williams, Ivie & Bullitt (law firm) for attorneys’ fees in the amount of $17,548. These *93issues are raised: (1) Did the court properly condition- a substitution of counsel by the Ballards after oral decision against them by a judge pro tempore in an action by Rogers Walla Walla, Inc., on their payment of attorneys’ fees to their discharged law firm? (2) Was there consent of the necessary parties to the authority of the judge pro tempore to fix the amount of the fee due…