Watson v. Cooley

This action is brought to recover for legal services rendered by the plaintiff to an assignee in bankruptcy, and the plaintiff seeks to hold *212the appellant liable under an agreement by which the appellant, with others, agreed to bear and pay pro rata, in proportion to the amount of their respective claims, all such costs, charges, and expenses as have been or may hereby be paid or incurred in and about the proceedings. The courts have referred actions of this character with much reluctance, and only when it appeared that, in consequence of the nature of the demand, and of the proofs required…