Baldwin v. Mills

Citations

• 66 Wash. 302
• 119 P. 816
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1061

Syllabus

<p>Attoeney and Client — Compensation—Excessive Fees. An attorney’s charges of $50 each for appearing in numerous cases in justice court in trivial matters are excessive and exorbitant.</p> <p>Same. An attorney’s charge of $375 for making up the issues in a simple ejectment suit is an unreasonable fee.</p> <p>Same. An attorney’s charge of $75 for writing a few letters concerning the price of a jack is unreasonable.</p> <p>Same. An attorney’s charges of $200 a year for general legal .services, so mystical and indefinite that they cannot be itemized, no real legal questions being involved, are excessive.</p>