POCIUS v. HALVORSEN

No. 37877.

30 Ill.2d 73 (1963)

195 N.E.2d 137

CATHERINE POCIUS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM T. HALVORSEN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCARTHY, WITHRY, LYON & McCARTHY, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM T. HALVORSEN, of Chicago, pro se.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a suit begun by the plaintiff to recover $7,000 paid to the defendant as attorney's fees pursuant to an allegedly contingent fee contract. Since the plaintiff recovered nothing in a prior suit in which she was represented by the defendant, she contends that the fees paid by her as the suit progressed should be refunded. After a bench trial, the court decided all issues in...

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