Legal Opinion
Brook v. Morriss, Morriss & Boatwright
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 26, 1948No. 9725PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, Justice.
This suit is for the recovery of attorney’s fees.
Morriss, Morriss and Boatwright, appel-lees, constitute a law firm of San Antonio, Texas. Appellant, Adelene Bevans Brook, a resident of McCulloch County, is the former wife of James M. Brook.
On January 18, 1947, appellant, while the wife of James M. Brook, employed appel-lees to represent her in suing her husband for divorce and for adjudication of her property rights. Appellees’ compensation was to be 12½% of any recovery made by compromise and 15% of recovery by trial.
Petition for divorce was prepared by ap-pellees, sworn to…
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- Scott v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1947
- Slayden v. PalmoTexas Supreme Court · 1917
- Grant v. PendleyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
- Brand v. DensonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
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