Kimball v. Casey

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

“An administrator is authorized to provide for the estate competent legal counsel, according to the exigencies of the estate he represents.” Civil Code (1910), § 4010. In exercising this power an administrator should use the same care as a prudent man would exercise in employing competent legal counsel in a matter in which he is personally concerned. Lawton v. Fish, 51 Ga. 647, 651. Contracts between attorneys and client, wherein it is stipu*637lated that each of the attorneys is to receive a certain per cent, of the amount collected, for services rendered in…