Long Trusts v. Griffin

As this case comes to us, two important issues remain.

First: The parties agreed that petitioners would bdl the Griffin respondents monthly for their share of litigation expenses, the Griffins would pay each bid within thirty days of biding, and they would share in any recovery. Petitioners failed to bdl monthly, but later presented a bid for twenty months of accumulated expenses; the Griffin respondents refused to pay in full within thirty days, but demanded their share when the case settled some two years later. The court of appeals held that respondents were entitled to recover because…