Ingersoll v. Coal Creek Coal Co.

The facts found by the court of chancery appeals are set out in its opinion as follows:

“The dominant facts appearing in'the record, proper to be stated, raising the question or proposition involved in this assignment of error, are these:

“Messrs. Ingersoll & Peyton are a law firm resident of and having offices at Knoxville, Tennessee. They are practitioners in the courts of this State. Complainant Chandler is a much younger member of the Knoxville bar.

“Some seven years ago he entered into a contract with the firm of Ingersoll & Peyton, under the terms of which he was to have one-third of the…