Dunne & Gaston v. Keltner

Opinion

LILLIE, J.

In conjunction with defendant’s withdrawal from plaintiff, a continuing law partnership, they entered into an agreement pertaining to the share of an attorneys’ fee defendant would receive upon successful termination of a certain (Brower) case retained by plaintiff firm. Later *562plaintiff referred the case to other counsel who settled it and took 60 percent of the total attorneys’ fee as their share. A dispute arose as to whether defendant’s portion of the fee was to be diminished accordingly, thus plaintiff filed this action in declaratory relief.1 It appeals from the adverse…