White v. Clements

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Osage County denying plaintiff in error, herein referred to as petitioner, attorney’s fee and expenses. The original action involved probate of the will of John Samuel Hunter, deceased. Petitioner and Paul A. Comstock were employed by Marie Osborne, mother of Joseph Plunter, a minor, as attorneys to press the minor’s claim as an heir of the decedent. The attorneys by contract were to receive one half of all recovered on behalf of Joseph Plunter in the estate proceedings. The attorney-client relationship was created on February 24,…