White v. Sikes, Kelly, Edwards & Bryant

This is a suit for attorney fees. Plaintiff, Sikes, Kelly, Edwards and Bryant, a professional corporation of attorneys, brought suit against a former client for an unpaid fee on February 1, 1980. The complaint alleged an unpaid balance of $29,982.54 from an original sum of $45,359.34, representing charges of $40 per hour for legal services and actual expenses incurred in defending defendant in a felony prosecution. The criminal case was tried and defendant acquitted in November 1974. The complaint here was originally in four counts, charging breach of an oral contract, account stated, quantum…