CARSON Admx. v. McMAHAN Admr

The plaintiff, Myrtle A. Carson, filed her complaint herein against the late L. H. McMahan seeking a declaratory judgment. She makes these allegations: That her deceased husband, John H. Carson, had been an attorney at law; prior to his death he had participated as an attorney jointly with L. H. McMahan in the trial and appeal of the case of Putnam v. Jenleins, 204 Or 691, 285 P2d 532, as a result of which a substantial at*40torneys’ fee had been earned by the efforts of her deceased husband and L. H. McMahan; that the efforts of her deceased husband had been instrumental in the successful…