DUVALL v. LAWS, SWAIN, & MURDOCH, P.A.

No. CA 89-484.

797 S.W.2d 474 (1990)

32 Ark.App. 99

Fred E. DUVALL, et ux, Appellant, v. LAWS, SWAIN, & MURDOCH, P.A., Ike Allen Laws, Jr., and Revere Corporation, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, En Banc.

October 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Peel, Peel and Eddy by James S. Dunham, Russellville, for appellant.

Ike Allen Laws, Jr., pro se.

James M. Moody, Little Rock, for appellees.


JENNINGS, Judge.

In 1982, appellant Fred Duvall was charged with theft in connection with the buying and selling of oil and gas leases. He asked Ike Allen Laws, Jr., the appellee, a Russellville lawyer, to represent him. The two had known each other since grade school.

Laws quoted Duvall a fee of $5,000.00. Duvall paid $2,498.00 but then he was unable to raise the balance. He and Laws entered into an agreement, which later became the subject matter of this...

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