BLACK, J.
To get his urgently supplicating client out of jail, the plaintiff attorney agreed with the client to pay certain of the latter's child support arrearages in the sum of $250. The agreement was made on strength of the client's promise to execute in favor of the attorney a mortgage of the client's home premises in the sum of $350. The amount of the mortgage, per agreement, was to be made up of the payment plus a counsel fee of $100.
The attorney paid...
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