Porter v. Elizalde
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. J. C. B. Hebbard, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court:
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant upon an action assigned to him by Mr. James L. Crittenden for services rendered as counsel upon the trial of a contest of the will of her husband. A motion for a new trial was made upon the ground that the finding by the court of an employment by her of Mr. Crittenden was not sustained by the evidence. The motion was denied, and the defendant has appealed.
The defendant had filed a contest against the probate of her husband’s will in the county of Santa Barbara, and for that purpose had employed as her attorneys Messrs. Graves & Graves and…
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