NEWEY v. HYDE

No. 12201.

485 P.2d 671 (1971)

26 Utah 2d 93

L.D. NEWEY, Jack C. Turner, Irving H. Biele, Howard C. Jones, and James A. Murphy, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Gordon I. HYDE and Ralph McBroom, dba Hyde & McBroom, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald H. Kinghorn, of Hatch, McRae, Richardson & Kinghorn, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Shirley P. Jones, Jr., Salt Lake City, for defendants-respondents.


ELLETT, Justice:

The plaintiffs claim to be creditors of Red Hill Uranium Company, a corporation, which changed its name to Pacific Fidelity Corporation and then merged with Petroleum Recovery Corporation. The defendants, as lawyers, rendered legal services to the corporate entity. They paid themselves $8319.36 out of a check delivered to them by the corporation, and this action is to recover that money on the theory that...

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