CALDWELL & HURST v. MYERS

No. A14-85-688-CV.

714 S.W.2d 63 (1986)

CALDWELL & HURST, A Partnership, Appellant, v. Louis MYERS a/k/a Lewis Myers, Independent Co-Executor of the Estate of Saora Myers, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Underwood, Houston, for appellant.

James C. Mulder, Houston, for appellee.

Before J. CURTISS BROWN, C.J., and MURPHY and ROBERTSON, JJ.


OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

Louis Myers (appellee) contracted with Caldwell & Hurst (appellant) for legal services in the probating of the will of Saora Myers, in which appellee was named independent co-executor. The contract provided appellant would receive as a legal fee four percent of the gross estate for all ordinary probate work through the preparation and filing of the federal estate tax return and $100 per hour for any additional work.

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