Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-02-14 | Page 6 | Attorney is Suing for His Fee

oo ATTORNEY IS SUING FOR fliSJEE ''What Is an attorney's foe?" is the absorbing question before Judgo Harris Har-ris and a jury in the suit of Attorney T. D. JobnBon against Qeorgo Tribe. Mr. Johnson claims that his services serv-ices aa an attorney wero worth $2,000 to Mr, Tribe In the matter of condemnation condem-nation proceedings by the city against Mr. Trlbo In 1910, but Mr. Tribe thinks the chargo exorbitant. Nearly all tho attorneys of Ogden havo beon placed on tho Avitno8s stand to determlno what the proper fee should be In the controversy In question It was testified by Mr. Johnson that the city offered Mr Tribe ?1S,000 for his property but that he would not accept that sum, the judgment finally rendered ren-dered In court being $20,000, and Mr. Johnson's fellow attorneys are of tho opinion that 25 per cont ot tho difference dif-ference betweon what the city was willing to pay and the judgment given giv-en by tho court should be a proper fee. The attorney for Mr. Tribe has endeavored en-deavored to lead his professional brethren to explain tho basis on which they make charges for their services, whether on the basis of time, the amount Involved In the controversy, the result of the controversy or otherwise, other-wise, but they all aro at a loss to give an exact" rulo for charging Mr. Johnson said that charges woro mado for professional services, time occupied occu-pied in doing tho services, the amount Involved In tho action, the results of tho lltglation and also tho "brains of tho attorney." He said that profos. slon.il men aro supposed to have moro than ordinary brains and that they wero entitled to some remuneration for them. nn