Begovich v. Murphy

In this case, the administrator of the estate of a deceased person seeks recovery of $4,000 of legal fees paid to defendant as counsel for the deceased, on the claim that that portion of the fees paid represented an advance payment for which no services were rendered by defendant because of the prior suicide of the deceased.

The declaration was dismissed on motion without trial. The relevant portion of the declaration recites the facts which are before us and which on this appeal, of course, we assume to be true:

“1. That he is the administrator of the estate of Nicholas Begovich, deceased. * *…