Barker v. Kunkel

The question arising on the present record, is whether an executor or guardian is individually liable, in the absence of a-special agreement, to an attorney for services rendered at the request of the former in the settlement of an estate; and this involves, incidentally, the further question, whether the estate is directly liable to the attorney thus employed.' The importance of these questions is seen when it is considered that executors and guardians are constantly in the habit of calling to their aid members of the legal profession to guide and assist them in the proper discharge of their…