Rosenzweig v. FACTOR

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

This appeal arises out of a dispute between two attorneys who jointly represented a party plaintiff in a trespass action. That action resulted in a sizeable settlement in favor of their client, one third of which was due the attorneys handling the case under a contingency fee arrangement. On April 6, 1973, the appellee, Irwin Rosenzweig, filed a complaint in equity against his former co-counsel, appellant Marvin Factor, alleging that Factor was withholding appellee’s share of the fee payable by the client to both attorneys, contrary to the oral agreement between…