Howell v. Johnson

This suit originated in justice court, and was an action by appellee, as plaintiff, against appellants, as defendants, to recover half of an attorney’s fee of $300 paid to appellants as compensation for the prosecution of a certain claim under our Workmen’s Compensation Act (Rev. St. 1925, arts. 8306-8309 as amended). In justice court judgment was rendered in favor of appellants, but Sipón appeal to county court by appellee, upon a trial to the court without a jury, judgment was there rendered in his favor for the amount sued for. The trial judge duly filed conclusions of fact and law fully…