Gabrielson v. Gorin

Citations

• 92 Wash. 408
• 159 P. 387
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 773

Syllabus

<p>Attorney and Client — Compensation—Contract oe Employment —Construction—Extra Work — Notice to Client. Where an attorney agreed to foreclose a chattel mortgage for $100, and pending the foreclosure, a settlement was made by an agreement extending the time of payment, the attorney cannot recover extra compensation for preparing the contract of settlement, in the absence of any claim or notice to the client at the time that such work was extra work not included in the original contract of employment.</p> <p>Same — Compensation—Costs. The statute not having provided for the allowance of attorney’s fees in a special proceeding for the substitution of attorneys, none can be allowed beyond the statutory fees allowed a successful litigant as costs.</p>