ESTATE OF KERR

Docket No. L.A. 28301.

63 Cal.2d 875 (1966)

409 P.2d 931

48 Cal. Rptr. 707

Estate of SUE B. KERR, Deceased. ALMARIO M. AVILES, as Executor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON & SCRIPPS, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Hardin for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Michael Ibs Gonzalez and Bruce A. Berry for Defendants and Respondents.


BURKE, J.

This is an appeal from an order (1) fixing attorneys fees under a contingent fee agreement executed by the beneficiary named in a document admitted to probate as the last will and testament of decedent, Mrs. Sue B. Kerr, and (2) giving the attorneys a lien on the assets of the estate to secure payment of such fees. We have concluded that the trial court correctly construed and applied the agreement, and that its order should be affirmed.

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