Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-05-16
LAWYER SUES HIS
ERSTWHILE CLIENT
Wappioh Wants Fees Which He
Might Have Made if Case Had
Not Been Taken from Him
PARTNERS HAVE A FALLING OUT

A suit filed, in which lawyer sues
his client for $500 because he took
case out Of his hands and gave i
to another law firm TO handle, has
brought out the following story Of
the mixup in which druggist part
ners and attorneys are involved
Chester A. Blake OF i4l7 Emmett
street has been i'll and unfortunate
He has also got into tho hands OF
lawyers. That doesn't mean that he
could have kept out Of lawyers
hands, but he is worried.
Mr. Blake conducts a drug store
at 2o02 North Sixteenth street He
had a partner who furnished the
capital Mr. Blake has had milan
matory rheumatism, and has not been
able 70 attend TO business as he
should AS a result, his business has
been In peril Mr.. Blake tells the
story of his troubles as follows
Had Falling Out.
Because OF my illness and inabil-
lty to attend to business my partner,
Fred = Smith. and ] had falling out
and | got lawyer to straighten the
matter out engaged William 7
Wappieh OF the New York Life
building What wanted was an In
junction 10 keep my partner from
keeping me ont OF the store In
atead, Mr.. Wappich fixed me up .
petition OF another kind. took II
home and examined il, II seemed
faulty. lii was like the work Of q
child. There were erasures and de,
feets in IL and | showed ii 10 several
who didn't like ii The charge was
10 be $50 besides costs of filing it IN
court. Wappich said the costs would
be SIS or more. ! went down TO the
court house and found that the cost
Of filing such petition was limited
10 So. There was an overcharge Of
| 81 right there. ! told Wappich all
had was SIS and gave him that.
Then my wife and ] thought II he
had begun oyereharging me that way
couldn't tell what II would cost IN
the end. SO my wife told Wappich we
would not have the petition filed
now, but would LEI him know when
we wanted him Then put the mat.
ter III the hands OF the law firm Of
De Bord, Fradenburg Il Van Ora
del The next thing ! knew Wap-
pich sued me for $500
Lawyer Gives His Side.
Mr.. Wappich tells his story as fol-
lows: Blake was involved IN trouble
and wanted me to get him out; sug-
vested receiyership proceedings, etc,
and talked about suit for SANDER.
So fixed up petition which was ~
a sort OF bill Of sale and receiver
ship proceedings. | went up to the
store and devoted considerable time
TO the case. Blake claimed that the
company owed him 81, 500 and his
5000 as bookkeeper. Blake was in
here four times and his wife ak
times talking about the matter.
told Blake the cost of filing the suit
would vary. II might be Se, SIS of
SIS. IL would depend upon what we
put into ii. II receivcrship proceed.
ings were involved there were GER
tain papers to be prepared which
would make the case cost more
| Then, II there was a suit for Islander
that would be extra. Blake paid me
SIS and | said ] would take it oil
account, and could not then tell what
the total cost would be. Then Mrs
Blake came down and took the petit
ton away from me and gave il Il
another law firm. had sense
enough to get her signature for it
however They can't claim now that
never prepared the petition
don't work for nothing, and think
have right to say what my serv
ices are worth. I'm not a plumbel
or laboring man. I'm a lawyer. Il
people use my legal services the,
must pay the price"
The hearing in the suit for $500 i,
ordered for Nav ~