ATTORNEYS' FEES.
Mr. Henderson introduced a bill [H. R. 352] limiting the damages which shall be assessed by any court or jury on account of attorneys' fees contract; and providing for the payment of attorneys' fees on contracts. [On concracts for any sum not exceeding $300, no greater rate of interest than ten per cent; over $300 and under $1,000, no greater rate than five per cent; over $1,000, no greater rate than two and a half per cent.] Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.