Murray v. Trumbull & Trumbull

Citations

• 62 Wash. 336
• 113 P. 769
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 703

Syllabus

<p>Attorney and Client — Compensation—Amount—Contract—Evidence — Sufficiency. The evidence supports findings to the effect that attorneys contracted to foreclose a mortgage for $500 only in case no defense was made, where they so testified and it appears that the client represented that no defense would be made and none was contemplated; and a vigorous defense having been made without •any agreement covering that contingency, they were entitled to recover a reasonable fee.</p>