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NEWCOMB v. BRETTLE

No. 44,414

196 Kan. 560 (1966)

413 P.2d 116

In the Matter of the Condemnation Proceeding of the City of Salina, Kansas. NELLIE WHITE NEWCOMB, ARTINA WHITE SCHWARTZ and VERNA WHITE McKELVEY, Appellants, v. F.J. BRETTLE and C.L. CLARK, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 9, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Marietta, of Salina, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellants.

Drew Hartnett, of Salina, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HATCHER, C.:

This appeal stems from a controversy over the terms of an oral agreement for a contingent fee for services rendered by attorneys in an appeal from a condemnation award.

In April, 1958, the City of Salina, Kansas condemned a parcel of land jointly owned by Nellie White Newcomb, Artina White Schwartz and Verna White McKelvey. The award fixed by court appointed appraisers was in the total amount of...

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