Case Name: Bielagus & Martina v. Joseph C. Devine
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1982-04-02
Citations: 122 N.H. 324
Docket Number: No. 81-374
Parties: Bielagus & Martina v. Joseph C. Devine
Judges: 
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 122
Pages: 324–325

Head Matter:
Milford District Court
No. 81-374
Bielagus & Martina v. Joseph C. Devine
April 2, 1982
Bielagus & Martina, of Amherst (Richard H. Hubbard on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.
Nix and Wendell, of Manchester (Grenville Clark, III, on the brief and orally), for the defendant.

Opinion:
Memorandum Opinion
The only issue presented on this appeal is whether, as found by the trial court, an accord and satisfaction in the amount of $1,000 was reached as final disposition of a dispute between a law firm and its client concerning the reasonableness of the firm's fees for services rendered. The sum of $1,000 tendered by the defendant after a conversation with one of the partners was neither capricious nor patently unreasonable and arbitrary. Because no meaningful review of the Court's {Lynch, A.J.) findings may be had without a transcript of the testimony, the order of the court below giving the plaintiff judgment for $1,000 is summarily affirmed. See Sup. Ct. Rs. 13(3), 15(3). The award of interest and costs to the plaintiff is vacated.
Affirmed, except as to interest and costs.