Legal Opinion

Sawyer v. Willis

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 19, 1958No. 13292PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARROW, Justice.

This is a suit by appellee, George P. Willis, against appellant, N. C. Sawyer, to recover alleged reasonable attorney’s fees for services rendered appellant by appellee in various legal matters. The case was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict finding that the sum of $750 is a reasonable fee for such services. The trial court rendered judgment for said sum, less $175 which had been paid.

Appellant predicates this appeal upon a single point in which he complains of the action of the trial court in excluding from the evidence a letter written by George P. Willis to N. C.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Caswell v. SatterwhiteCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
  2. Weaver v. BensonTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Weaver v. BensonTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  4. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
  5. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. LockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1902

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Howell v. BowdenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
  2. Smith v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. Hundere v. Tracy & CookCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Texas Imports v. Allday, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1983
  5. Salinas v. Casualty Insurance Co. of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959

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