Laybourne v. Bray Shifflett

Appellees, a firm of lawyers, filed their original petition in the district court of Wheeler county, September 9, 1915, seeking to recover of appellant $1,117.50, and interest, as attorney's fees for services rendered appellant by them in certain litigation between Spaulding Manufacturing Company and appellant. It is alleged, in substance, that on September 30, 1912, appellant executed a written contract, in which he agreed to pay appellees $1,000 for their services as attorneys in representing him in said litigation with the Spaulding Manufacturing Company, of Grinnell, Iowa; that $500 of…