Keating v. Keating

Appellant, John E. Parks, was the original attorney of record for Willetha Keating, libellant, in her divorce action against John Keating, libellee. In addition to appellant, libellant had retained George T. Davis, a member of the California bar, as her attorney.

Appellant and Davis worked together in negotiating a property settlement agreement for libellant. The agreement, as finally nego*52tiated, provided for the payment of $2,500 by libellee to appellant for his fee as libellant’s attorney. That sum included the sum of $750 that appellant had previously received from libellee, pendente lite,…