RAWLINS v. STAHL

No. 15594.

329 S.W.2d 308 (1959)

John A. RAWLINS, Appellant, v. Betty Jean Mudge STAHL et vir, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Guthrie & Stanfield, Dallas, for appellant.

Scurry, Scurry, Pace & Wood, Dallas, and Owens, Purser & Bourland, Austin, for appellees.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order dissolving part of a temporary injunction.

On October 21, 1955, Mrs. Betty Jean Mudge filed suit against John A. Rawlins to cancel a contract of employment. Mrs. Mudge had employed Judge Rawlins as her attorney to represent her in obtaining a divorce from her husband and had signed a written contract dated May 17, 1955, wherein it was stipulated that as a fee Judge Rawlins should be paid 25% of all monies...

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