Ramey v. Graves

Citations

• 112 Wash. 88
• 191 P. 801
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 692

Syllabus

<p>Damages (75)—Measure of Damages—Breach of Contract— Loss of Compensation for Services. Where the compensation agreed to be paid an attorney is contingent on the successful result of the suit, the measure of damages for a wrongful discharge from employment is the reasonable value of the services rendered, and not the contingent fee agreed upon.</p> <p>Attorney and Client (44)—Compensation—Breach of Contract —Reasonable Value of Services—Evidence. No recovery can be had by an attorney for a wrongful discharge from employment under a contingent fee contract where no evidence was offered or received to prove the reasonable value of the services rendered up to the time of the discharge; nor is a recovery sustained by proof of expenditures by the attorney during the time of his employment, the evidence only being offered to show what was done under the contract, and not as special damages.</p>