In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Weber

Schulz, S.

The decedent died as the result of injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the New York Railways Company. On the day of his death the father of the accounting administratrix and petitioner in this proceeding called upon an attorney, who was later upon the same day retained in writing by the petitioner. By the contract of employment he was to prosecute the claim arising out of the death of her husband, the decedent, and it was agreed thereby that she was to receive one-half of the verdict rendered or settlement effected and that the attorney was to retain for his…