Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Co. v. Kelly
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 30, 1939No. 7261PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
Kelly and Nicolaides (appellees), members of the bar, on the 3d of May, 1933, agreed with Morris Klotz, a resident of Ñew York, to bring an action in his behalf in the courts of the District of Columbia against Prescott-White Corporation, of New York, to recover the sum of $3503.50. The agreement provided that the attorneys were to receive a contingent fee of 33)>j% out of any judgment obtained against the Prescott-White Corporation. Appellees performed the professional services contemplated' in the agreement, and on the 14th of February, 1935, judgment was entered for. Klotz in the sum of…
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- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. LevyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
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