Holland v. Paddock

This is an appeal from a single judgment rendered in two cases involving substantially the same facts, the cases having been consolidated for trial by order of the court upon stipulation of the parties.

Apparently the parties hereto had, for several years, been close personal friends engaging in social activities together and Kenneth Holland had also been employed by Beth Paddock as her attorney.

A fair résumé of the facts is hereinafter set forth. In December, 1950, Beth Paddock called Kenneth Holland in Beverly Hills from her home in Palm Springs and asked him to represent a friend of hers…