Neblett v. Getty

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment entered after a directed verdict. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, disregarding conflicting evidence, giving plaintiffs’ evidence all the value to which it is legally entitled, and indulging every legitimate inference which may be drawn therefrom (Mairo v. Yellow Cab Co., 208 Cal. 350 [281 Pac. 66]), the following is a statement of the case:

On April 1, 1935, Helen Ann Rork Getty, one of the defendants, hereinafter called the wife, called on plaintiffs and asked them to represent her as her attorneys in the…