Garland v. Dimitry

Plaintiff, a practicing attorney, brought suit against M. D. Dimitry, who is also a practicing attorney, and against the heirs of Mrs. Florence A. Toombs, deceased, in which he alleges that the legal heirs of Mrs. Toombs employed Dimitry to recover their interest in her estate, and agreed to pay Dimitry for his services, rendered and to be rendered, an amount equal to 50 per cent, of the amount recovered; that Dimitry, with the knowledge and approval of said heirs employed plaintiff to represent them; that Dimitry agreed that plaintiff, should receive out of his fee an interest equivalent to…