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BOWLES v. DOBSON

No. 3583.

206 A.2d 271 (1965)

Norman S. BOWLES, Jr., Appellant, v. Spencer G. DOBSON, Sr., and Estella I. Dobson, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 14, 1965.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clay Espey, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Joseph P. McCormick, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellees, but filed no brief.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This was a suit by appellees for the return of $1,000 paid to appellant, an attorney, as part of a retainer fee of $1,400. Appellees claimed that their son was confined in the Virginia State Penitentiary as the result of a conviction for armed robbery; that appellant was retained to secure his release; that appellant failed to institute any legal proceedings in his behalf; that their son was still confined, and that appellant promised to return...

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