HOUGE v. FORD

Docket No. L.A. 23250.

44 Cal.2d 706 (1955)

285 P.2d 257

NORMAN O. HOUGE, Respondent, v. PATRICK H. FORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick H. Ford, in pro. per., Macbeth & Ford and Moira D. Ford for Appellant.

Harry A. Daugherty and Lyman A. Garber for Respondent.


SPENCE, J.

Defendant Ford, an attorney, appeals from an adverse judgment in a declaratory relief action brought by plaintiff, his former client, for the purpose of settling controverted claims relative to a contingent fee contract, which was followed by an assignment. The trial court construed the original contract in line with plaintiff's contention that defendant had failed to complete the agreed legal services; and upon...

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