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ROCK v. BALLOU

No. 743SC233.

205 S.E.2d 540 (1974)

22 N.C. App. 51

Sherman T. ROCK and Harvey Hamilton, Jr. v. G. Ward BALLOU and Ralph G. Styron.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Allowed August 30, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wheatley & Mason, P. A., by L. Patten Mason, Beaufort, for plaintiff appellees.

D. S. Henderson and B. H. Baxter, Jr., New Bern, for defendant appellants.

Certiorari Allowed by Supreme Court August 30, 1974.

VAUGHN, Judge.

It has been held that a contract between an attorney and his client fixing the attorney's compensation for his services, if made while the relationship of attorney and client is in existence, is void as a matter of law and the attorney can recover no more than he would have the right to demand if no contract had been made. Stern v. Hyman, 182 N.C. 422, 109 S.E. 79. There, as here, the contract...

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