BARNETT v. SUTTON

No. 39392.

222 Miss. 439 (1954)

76 So.2d 263

BARNETT v. SUTTON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.M. Travis, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Robert E. Covington, Quitman, for appellee.


McGEHEE, C.J.

This is a suit to recover a reasonable attorney's fee for services rendered as a tax attorney by the appellee, De Quincy Sutton, in connection with the settlement of a tax claim made by the Internal Revenue Department of the U.S. Government against the appellant, J.W. Barnett, Sr. The judgment in favor of the appellee based upon the verdict of a jury is for the sum of $5,000. The amount of unpaid income taxes originally claimed by the Internal Revenue...

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