Moore v. Everest & Halley

Mrs. D. A. Schwint died leaving a small estate, for which an ad-ministratrix was appointed. Later a will was discovered and the administratrix was replaced by plaintiff in error, Shubert, as administrator with the will annexed. In the meantime Mrs. Schwint’s husband, R. Schwint, died leaving a large estate. Shu-bert employed plaintiff in error, Charles L. Moore, as attorney to recover certain claimed interests for the estate of Mrs. Schwint from the estate of R. Schwint. It was agreed that Moore was to receive 20 per cent, of the amount recovered. The county court’s approval of this agreement…