WEAVER v. LAUB

No. 48446.

574 P.2d 609 (1977)

Joseph P. WEAVER, Appellee, v. Viola LAUB, Individually and as Executrix of the Last Will and Testament and Estate of Ella Clovis, Deceased, A. Francis Porta, James C. Bass, Appellees, and Leo Clovis, Paul Clovis, Jr., Charles Clovis, Margine Clovis a/k/a Margine DuBois, Kenneth R. King, Floello Sisk, Carl Lynn King, W.R. King, Cecil King, Dorothy Louise Baker, Lula Mae Adams, Mary Jane Grimes, and Nancy Carol Lock, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Weaver, Porta & Bass, El Reno, for appellees.

John F. Eberke, Oklahoma City, for appellants.


DAVISON, Justice:

In 1969, the law firm of Porta, Weaver and Bass was successful in setting aside an instrument executed by their client, Ms. Ella Clovis. The instrument was purported to be a deed conveying land, located in Canadian County, to her son. As a fee for their legal services, each of the three attorneys received an undivided 1/12th interest in the property recovered.

Sometime thereafter, Attorney Weaver...

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