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GAST v. PETERS

No. S-02-974.

671 N.W.2d 758 (2003)

267 Neb. 18

William E. GAST, Appellant, v. Paul F. PETERS and Gast & Peters, a Nebraska partnership, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 21, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Pavel, of David E. Pavel Law Offices, P.C., Omaha, for appellant.

Monte Taylor and Paul F. Peters, of Taylor, Peters & Drews, Omaha, for appellees.

HENDRY, C.J., and WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

STEPHAN, J.

This appeal arises from a dispute between two lawyers involving fees earned before the dissolution of their partnership but collected thereafter. Following a bench trial, the district court for Douglas County found that Paul F. Peters was justified in setting off $17,620.62 from fees due his former partner, William E. Gast, from a case which Peters had concluded because Gast had underpaid Peters by that same amount in distributing fees collected on another...

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