Golden v. Hyde
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffiths, J., entered April 9, 1921, adjudging the defendant guilty of contempt, after a hearing on affidavits.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
Assuming to act under §§ 137 and 138, Rem. Code (P. C. §§ 186, 187), respondent filed a petition in the. superior court for King county, setting up that, in August, 1920, she was arrested and committed to the county jail, charged with a crime, and that appellant, who was then and still is a duly licensed attorney at law, was retained and employed to defend her for an agreed fee of $250; that $80 on account of such fee was paid in cash, and for the sole purpose of securing the payment of the remainder, respondent delivered to appellant a certain diamond stick pin (value not stated), and…
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