GEITZ v. GRAY

No. 29264.

280 S.W.2d 859 (1955)

Josephine GEITZ (Plaintiff), R. Shad Bennett (Intervenor), Appellant, v. Chester GRAY (Defendant), United States of America (Intervenor), Respondent.

St. Louis Court of Appeals. Missouri.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Shad Bennett, Clayton, pro se.

Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., E. D. Missouri, and Robert E. Brauer, Asst. U. S. Atty., E. D. Missouri, St. Louis, for respondent.


MATTHES, Judge.

In November, 1951, Josephine Geitz, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, and Carl E. Starkloff, an attorney at law, entered into a contract whereby Starkloff agreed to represent plaintiff in her claim for damages for wrongful death of her husband. Starkloff was to receive a fee of 35% of the amount recovered for plaintiff. Thereafter, and in the same month, R. Shad Bennett, hereinafter called appellant, who is also an attorney, was brought into the...

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