Barnett V. Hitching Post Lodge Inc‪.‬

The plaintiff sought relief in two counts. The first count was for foreclosure of a mortgage in the sum of $108,000 executed by Gilliland encumbering the Hitching Post Lodge, a motel in Scottsdale, Arizona, title to which was in the name of Hitching Post Lodge, Inc., a corporation. This mortgage purported to be given to Barnett to secure a promissory note of like amount. The second count was in the alternative, to recover the reasonable value of legal services rendered by Barnett to Ray Gilliland. The complaint alleged that Barnett was an attorney licensed in California and that he had performed legal services reasonably worth the sum of $108,000.