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YELEN v. BANKS

No. 2248.

146 A.2d 569 (1958)

Morris YELEN, Appellant, v. Carl A. BANKS and Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown, a corporation, Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 2, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Irwin Bolotin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

De Long Harris, Washington, D. C., for appellee Banks.

N. Meyer Baker, Washington, D. C., with whom James M. Buzard and Mercier, Sanders, Baker & Schnabel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Firemen's Ins. Co. of Washington and Georgetown.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellee Banks owned a rooming house which was damaged by fire. Three days after the fire appellant Yelen with his associate Levine went to Banks' residence and solicited an agreement whereby Yelen would be engaged to represent Banks in collecting the fire insurance. As a result Banks signed an agreement authorizing Yelen to ascertain the loss and negotiate settlement, and providing for a fee to Yelen of one-third of the amount collected.

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