Legal Opinion
Hearn v. Blakeney & Ambrister
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 7, 1930No. 19531PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENNETT, C.
Blakeney & Ambrister, a firm of attorneys, filed this action in the district court of Seminole county, Okla., against G. W. Hearn and his wife, Lucy Hearn, to recover $12,500 attorneys’ fees alleged to be due under an oral contract of employment entered into on or about March 30., 1927.
Plaintiffs’ petition alleged that-they were attorneys associated in tbe practice of law and that on March 30, 1927, defendants orally employed them to sue Barnsdall Oil Company for cancellation of a mineral lease on certain lands in which they were interested and orally agreed to pay plaintiffs as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Spinney v. DowningCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Las Palmas Winery & Distillery v. Garrett & Co.California Supreme Court · 1914
- Gross v. LincolnSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
- Adams v. HazenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Harriss-Irby Cotton Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Empire Oil & Refining Co. v. FieldsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
- Wagnon v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Smith v. WilkinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965