Simon v. Shaffer

FRANKLIN E. KENNAMER, District Judge.

Jennie Edmison, née Simon, executed numerous conveyances of lands owned by her. In 1925, she contracted with defendant, as attorney, to recover the land for her, and the bill alleges that to secure payment of defendant’s fee she executed a deed to an interest in the land. Pending the litigation which ensued, Jennie Edmison died, leaving as her heirs the plaintiff and two others. An administrator of her estate was appointed and that proceeding has not been closed, there has been no determination of the heirs of the deceased, nor any decree distributing her…