McGavock v. McGavock

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Re- • versing.

This appeal presents for determination the sufficiency of the allegations and proof to sustain a recovery of money advanced as a portion of the fee of an attorney employed to defend ¿n insane person charged with, and confined in jail, for the crime of willful murder.

Alvin L. McGavock, in 1925, killed Clarence Becker with a deadly weapon. He was arrested and charged with the crime of willful murder, and committed to jail in Jefferson county, Ky. At that time he was 44 years of age. After confinement in jail, he manifested symptoms of…