Doyle v. Union Insurance

This is the second appeal of the above-captioned case to this court. The general factual background of this litigation is set out in our first opinion in Doyle v. Union Ins. Co., 202 Neb. 599, 277 N.W.2d 36 (1979), and will not be repeated here except as pertinent and necessary to understand the issues in this appeal.

This action involves the claim of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, a New York law firm, for attorney fees allegedly performed for and on behalf of First National Bank & Trust Company of Lincoln, appellee in this appeal, the trustee under a certain trust agreement entered into on March…