Hall v. Lee

As I understand the record in this cause, the sole basis for the recovery of the attorneys’ fees in the county judge’s court was a contingent fee contract entered into by the attorneys and the legatee on April 14, 1947, which reads as follows-:

“Under the circumstances I think our charges to you should be on the basis of twelve and one-half percent (12%%) of what you receive from the estate, provided the case is concluded in the Probate Court; if it is appealed, fifteen percent (15%) of what you receive; if the case is settled before con-eluding it in the Probate Court, a fee of ten percent…