Weinstein v. Laughlin

MOLYNEAUX, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, an attorney at law, sued the defendants in error, hereinafter referred to as defendants, attorneys at law, on a contract whereby' plaintiff was employed by defendants to render legal services as required in certain litigation for defendants. By the terms of the contract defendants were to pay plaintiff for such services one-fourth of the fee that should be collected by defendants from their client.

The defendants, by their answer to the amended petition filed by the plaintiff, admitted the employment on the…