Emery v. Goff

As long ago as Berryhill v. Spillers (1924) 105 Okla. 255, 232 P. 376, relied upon by the majority, involving an attorney’s contingent contract with a minor’s guardian for the recovery of chattels and land, claimed as assets of the minor’s estate, providing, as consideration for the attorney’s recovery, a part o'f whatever might be recovered, and specifying a conveyance of a share of both real and personal property to be recovered, this court determined that while the promise to pay the attorney from cash assets of the minor’s estate was valid and enforceable, the attorney “could not enforce…