Abramson v. Sperling

The plaintiff in this action, executrix of an attorney, sues to recover the value of services rendered to defendant, also an attorney.

The complaint alleges that during the pendency of the probate proceeding defendant informed plaintiff, executrix and petitioner in the proceeding, that the testator had expressed a wish during his last illness that defendant should continue the prosecution of decedent’s suits at law and requested plaintiff to advise decedent’s clients of said wish and to suggest to the clients that they communicate with defendant; that in reliance upon the information and in…