Davies v. Stumpf

The plaintiff and the defendant W. Clifford Roderick were coexecutors under the last will and codicil of Tom Rees, deceased. The codefendants, Louis F. Stumpf and Warren W. Stumpf, were the attorneys for Tom Rees during his lifetime and acted as the attorneys for the estate after his decease.

We are not concerned with the provisions of the will or the codicil other than to remark in passing that the plaintiff and the defendant Roderick were the principal legatees. In February, 1940, they entered into an agreement in writing whereby plaintiff, in consideration of the sum of $30,000 in cash,…