Peters v. White

The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court, where defendant in error, Fannie White, was plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error, W. C. Peters, was defendant.

Several months prior to the institution of this suit, the defendant had represented the plaintiff as her attorney in the prosecution of a suit against a life insurance company for recovery on a policy of life insurance. That suit was terminated successfully for the plaintiff, and the defendant, as plaintiff’s attorney, received from the insurance company in settlement of the judgment the1 total sum of $1,333.20.…