Legal Opinion
Pozzuolo Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 15, 1969No. Appeal, 10PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Jones,
Margaret Pozzuolo (decedent), a Delaware County resident, died intestate on February 15, 1961, as the result of an airplane crash in Brussels, Belgium. Decedent was survived by her husband, Joseph, a minor at the time, and her parents, Elliott and Margaret Lovering. Elliott Lovering and Elizabeth Nudo, Joseph Pozzuolo’s grandmother, were appointed co-administrators of decedent’s estate.
The co-administrators entered into a contingent fee agreement with Joseph Patrick Gorham, a member of the Philadelphia Bar (appellant). Under this contingent fee agreement, attorney…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- FRAZIER v. Oil Chemical Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- McFadden v. MaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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