Covert v. Allen

This cause comes to us from Pima County, Arizona, where the case was tried before the Honorable Arthur T. La Prade, of Maricopa County, Arizona, without a jury. The appellant retained the appellee, who was a practicing lawyer, by written contract to represent her in the foreclosure of a realty mortgage securing a promissory note in the sum of $20,000 with interest, executed by Arizona Mortuary, a corporation, and assigned by the mortgagee and payee to this appellant. By the contract appellant agreed to pay appellee for his services $100 upon the execution of the contract, $100 upon the…