HERRO, MCANDREWS & PORTER v. GERHARDT

No. 323.

62 Wis.2d 179 (1974)

214 N.W.2d 401

HERRO, MCANDREWS & PORTER, S. C., Respondent, v. GERHARDT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Steven N. Gerhardt of Madison, pro se, and oral argument by John C. Fritschler of Madison.

For the respondent there was a brief by Herro, Mcandrews & Porter, S. C., of Madison, and oral argument by Jack DeWitt of Madison.


HANLEY, J.

The sole issue to be determined on appeal is whether the attorney's fees charged the appellant for services rendered in a prior divorce action were unreasonable and excessive and thus unenforceable.

It is established that courts have the inherent power to determine the reasonableness of attorney's fees and to refuse to enforce any contract that calls for clearly excessive or unreasonable fees.1 Such inherent power of...

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