Baron v. Mullinax, Wells, Mauzy & Baab, Inc.

BLEIL, Justice.

This is a suit between lawyers seeking to declare valid and enforceable a written contract to divide part of a fee. The trial was to a jury, and after both sides rested, each requested that the case be withdrawn from the jury and judgment entered in their behalf. The trial court withdrew the case from the jury, and entered a judgment declaring the agreement between these lawyers valid and enforceable.

The issue on appeal is whether the trial court correctly declared the agreement to be valid and enforceable. We hold that the trial court properly granted the declaratory judgment…