Ringen v. Ranes

The appellant is an attorney at law and on November 4, 1912, was employed by the appellees, Albert J. Ringen and Edward J. Ringen, to contest the supposed will of their mother, Carolina Ringen. The employment was evidenced by a' written contract, and in payment of the compensation therein stipulated, the appellees, on November 12, 1912, conveyed to appellant two lots in the city of Chicago. They afterward filed a bill in the superior court of Cook county to set aside this conveyance, and this appeal is from a decree granting the relief prayed for.

It appeared from the evidence that Samuel…