Harris v. Silvis

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

In the fall of 1912, the plaintiffs were partners in the bakery business at Monessen, Westmoreland County, and Arnold City, Fayette County, and were in financial difficulties. Their personal property had been sold by the sheriff. Their real estate was heavily encumbered, and an involuntary petition in bankruptcy had been filed agiainst them. With affairs in this condition, on October 18, 1912, they entered into an agreement with the defendant, an attorney-at-law, by the terms of which they employed him to endeavor to make a composition with their common or unsecured…