Robinson v. Guerry

1. Where two attorneys were employed, by a trustee in bankruptcy, with the consent and approval of the referee, to advise and represent the trustee generally as in all matters in which the services of an attorney might thereafter be required, and the attorneys, in accepting such employment, agreed between themselves that they would divide equally such fees as should be earned in the proscution of such employment, such agreement between the attorneys would include fees earned in subsequent litigation, although the particular facts giving rise to such litigation might not have been in existence…