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HIGGINS v. BEATY

No. 738.

88 S.E.2d 80 (1955)

242 N.C. 479

C. W. HIGGINS and J. Erle McMichael, d/b/a Higgins & McMichael, v. Keith M. BEATY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 30, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDougle, Ervin, Horack & Snepp, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

R. F. Crouse, Sparta, T. C. Bowie, Jr., Wade E. Vannoy, Jr., West Jefferson, for plaintiffs-appellees.

WINBORNE, Justice.

Appellant in brief filed in this Court states only two questions as being involved on this appeal.

The first: "Where an attorney accepts employment to represent a client in specific matters at a specified fee, and before the matters are completed the attorney is discharged by the client, may the attorney recover of the client the full contract fee, or only the reasonable value of his services to the date of his discharge?" While no North...

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