Bill of Affair

This week’s new flash fiction is a story told via a legal bill. Invoice noir.

Bill of Affair

Munge & Whifley, Attorneys at Law

28 Kings Crossing, Hempsbridge, OH

Invoice for services rendered

Period Covered: Month of April, 1957

Client: Mr. Chester Fox (updated address pending)

Criminal Law Dept., 21 hours. Research Age of Consent Law in Kentucky and Ohio. Related Memorandum of Law.

M&W Investigative Services, 22 hours. Background Check, Miss Brandi Jones, Parkersburg, KY. Related Written Report.

Family Law Dept., 12 hours. Begin Draft of Prenuptial Agreement with Miss Brandi Jones. Note: Project halted before completion at request of Mr. Fox.

Corporate Department, 10 hours. Contract Law. Negotiate and Draft Design Specification and Purchase Agreement, incl. Warranty, Tiffany &Co., New York, N.Y.

Corporate Department, 8 hours. Contract Law. Negotiate Service Contract, Extravagant Weddings, Inc., Parma OH.

Corporate Department, 6 hours. Contract Law. Negotiate and Draft Personal Services Contract to Perform at Wedding with Mr. Dino Crochetti (aka Dean Martin), Palm Springs, CA.

Trusts and Estates Department, 10 hours. Amend Last Will and Testament of Mr. Chester Fox to add Mrs. Brandi Jones Fox as 100 per cent beneficiary. Related research.

Corporate Department, 11 hours. Negotiate Repair Services Agreement with Antonetti Heating and Plumbing, Steubenville, OH.

M&W Investigative Services, 24 hours. Surveillance and report of activities involving Mrs. Fox and Mr. Mario Antonetti, Steubenville, OH.

Related expenses: Parking at Hotel Essex, Cleveland, OH

Litigation Department, 11 hours. Research and Analyze termination and cancellation provisions of Repair Services Agreement with Antonetti Heating and Plumbing. Related Memorandum.

Corporate Department, 12 hours. Draft and Negotiate Replacement Heating and Repair Service Contract with O’Malley Home Services, Euclid, OH.

Corporate Department, 7 hours. Negotiate and Draft Non-Disclosure Agreement with Freeman Urology Associates, Hempsbridge, OH.

Corporate Department, 6 hours. Draft and Negotiate Non-Disclosure Agreement with Goodman’s Mail Order Penicillin, Oakland, California.

Litigation Department, 15 hours. Research Inter-Spousal Liability for transmission of venereal disease under applicable state statutes and case law. Related memorandum.

Trusts and Estates Department, 13 hours. Amend Last Will and Testament of Mr. Chester Fox to remove Mrs. Brandi Jones Fox as beneficiary.

Litigation Department, 30 hours. Analyze Ohio Community Property Laws upon Dissolution of Marriage in Absence of a Prenuptial Agreement. Related Memorandum.

Corporate Department, 9 hours. Negotiate and Draft Purchase Agreement and Shipping contract (including non-disclosure provisions). Halifax Custom Firearms, Enid, Oklahoma.

Trusts and Estates Department, 8 hours. Drafting and filings in connection with establishment of Charitable Foundation in Memory of the late Mrs. Brandi Jones Fox.

Litigation Department, 96 hours. Criminal Defense Representation in the matter of the State of Ohio vs. Mr. Chester Fox, Charge: Homicide in the First Degree.

Total Due: $100,629.00

Payable Upon Receipt

“Thank You For Your Trust.”