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BENNETT v. DAVIS COUNTY

No. 12311.

487 P.2d 1271 (1971)

26 Utah 2d 225

Wendell E. BENNETT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DAVIS COUNTY, a municipal subdivision of the State of Utah, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell E. Bennett, of Strong & Hanni, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bennett P. Peterson, Co. Atty., Farmington, for defendant-respondent.

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff, an attorney, initiated this action to recover compensation at the rate of $25 per hour from Davis County for his work as appointed counsel for three indigent criminal defendants. Davis County, pursuant to Chapter 64, Title 77, U.C.A. 1953, as amended 1965, had established by resolution the Davis County Criminal Defense Program. The trial court found that the fees set forth in this program were not unreasonable in view of all the...

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