Albert Brick and Samuel Intrater v. Charles S. Hirsch, Albert Brick and Samuel Intrater v. Arthur Gettleman and Frank E. Gettleman

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellees, Albert Brick, a Washington, D. C., attorney, and his partner, Samuel Intrater, 1 brought suit in the District Court against defendants-appellants, Charles S. Hirsch, Arthur Gettleman and Frank E. Gettleman to recover on an alleged contract under which Brick was to be paid one-third of any fee received by the defendants in connection with certain United States Tax Court litigation. 2

The defendants by their answers denied any agreement was ever made with plaintiffs relative to fees in the tax cases involved and averred that such services as Brick…