People v. Schacht

Charles Gaucher, an infant, sustained personal injuries. Mrs. Alice Gaucher, his mother, retained the defendant, an attorney, to bring action for damages. He was to receive fifty per cent of the recovery. The retainer was signed by Mrs. Gaucher before her appointment as guardián. This point, although emphasized on the argument of the motion, is absolutely of no significance, as she prosecuted the action after her appointment and thus approved and continued the terms of the retainer. (Matter of Reisfeld, 227 N. Y. 137, 141.)

The infant’s action was settled for $750 and an action commenced by…