Moscarelli v. Wakefield

Citations

• 54 Pa. Super. 368
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 71

Syllabus

<p>Attorneys at law — Compensation—Payment of fees to an associate attorney.</p> <p>Where two attorneys conduct a case for plaintiff, with full knowledge of the latter that both are engaged in the case, and one of the attorneys on the successful conclusion of the litigation, receives the whole amount of the judgment, and retains therefrom without objection his own fee which had been agreed upon, and pays to his associate a reasonable and proper fee, he will be protected in such payment as against the client, although the latter may have not consented to the payment.</p>