Tennant v. Fawcett
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Harris County. Fawcett sued Tennant and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed, and it was affirmed. He then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff in the court below (the defendant in error in this court) sued the defendant (the plaintiff in error here) to recover the reasonable value of certain services as an attorney at law rendered by the former for the latter. The defendant made defense on the ground that the services were rendered under a special contract in which it was agreed that in case the defendant should employ the plaintiff and no fee was agreed upon in advance, the defendant should only be liable for such sum as he himself should fix as compensation for the services, and that he had…
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- Magnolia Provision Co. v. ColemanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
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