Buckingham v. Penney

Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action by appellees for the recovery of attorneys’ fees for services claimed to have been rendered for appellant by them. Upon a trial by jury, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs for $553.67, included in which is the sum of $5 costs paid by appellees for the use of appellant, about which there is no controversy.

The evidence discloses that in an action for malicious prosecution instituted by appellant against one Johnson, she recovered judgment for $2,500, from which the defendant prosecuted an appeal…