Houge v. Ford

Defendant Ford, an attorney, appeals from an adverse judgment in a declaratory relief action brought by plaintiff, his former client, for the purpose of settling con troverted claims relative to a contingent fee contract, which was followed by an assignment. The trial court construed the original contract in line with plaintiff’s contention that defendant had failed to complete the agreed legal services; and upon that basis, it concluded that the contract and the assignment were of no further force and effect. Defendant maintains that the court erred in its construction of the parties’…