YOUNG v. SOUTHGATE DEVELOPMENT CORP.


379 Mass. 523 (1980)

399 N.E.2d 27

HOWARD YOUNG vs. SOUTHGATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

January 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph I. Macy for Howard Young.

Donald J. Fleming for the Southgate Development Corporation.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

A judge of the Superior Court awarded the plaintiff Howard Young $2,500 as a fee for legal services rendered on behalf of the defendant Southgate Development Corporation (Southgate), basing his determination on a rate of $50 an hour for fifty hours of work. Each party has appealed. We transferred the appeals here on our own motion.2

The plaintiff argues that he is entitled...

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