Kraus v. Naumburg

Fullam, J.,

This is an action by two lawyers against a former client to collect a fee. The complaint is in two counts: The first count seeks recovery on the basis of a written contingent fee agreement, and the second count seeks recovery, in the alternative, on the basis of quantum meruit. Defendant’s preliminary objections assert that the express contract is against public policy and void, and that the complaint is not sufficiently specific to support a quantum meruit recovery.

The pleadings disclose that on and prior to October 20, 1959, defendant, Dorothy S. Naumburg, and her then husband,…