Heninger & Heninger, P.C. v. Davenport Bank & Trust Co.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the propriety of a partial allowance of a claim against the executors of a decedent’s estate for legal fees, based on services rendered to the decedent during his lifetime.

Claimant Heninger & Heninger, P.C. (Heningers), is a law firm in corporate form in Davenport, Iowa. (We use the name “Heninger” to refer to the elder Heninger and the name “Heningers” to refer to the law firm.) David D. Palmer, a man of wealth, had been a client of Heninger or Heningers on some previous occasions. The first professional contact with Palmer occurred in 1943, when…