McKERNAN v. WATSON

No. 14384.

407 So.2d 434 (1981)

J. J. McKERNAN and Keith D. Jones v. Thomas L. WATSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith D. Jones, in pro. per.

Frank J. Saia, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER and PONDER, JJ.


ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit for an attorneys' fee. Plaintiffs J. J. McKernan and Keith D. Jones were consulted by Thomas L. Watson, who had been arrested and charged with armed robbery. Mr. Watson testified that he was told a fee of $5,000.00 would be charged for the representation. Plaintiffs represented defendant Watson through arraignment and the preliminary hearing, and filed a couple of discovery motions.

The charge against Mr. Watson was reduced to...

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