Krumb v. Campbell

Citations

• 102 Cal. 370
• 36 P. 664
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 652

Syllabus

<p>Entibe Contract For Services—Contract With Attorney For Estate of Decedent—Construction—Premature Action.—Where an attorney who has agreed to render services during the entire progress of the administration of the estate of a deceased person, and to defray all of his personal expenses and outlay in and about his services, at his own cost, in consideration of a part interest in the estate, makes a contract with a third party, whereby the latter agrees to render services to the attorney daring the entire progress of the administration of the estate, in consideration of a share of the net amount of money and property realized by the attorney from the estate after defraying his actual disbursements, such contract is an entire contract based upon an entire consideration; and any action by such third person to recover a share in funds received by the attorney before the close of the administration of the estate is prematurely brought, and cannot be maintained.</p>