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Monahan v. Heirich

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District. First Division
Feb 23, 1955
4 Ill. App. 2d 373 (Ill. App. Ct. 1955)
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In Monahan v. Heirich (1955), 4 Ill. App.2d 373, 124 N.E.2d 39 (abstract of opinion), for example, the court upheld two attorneys' contract which contemplated an equal division of fees whenever one attorney became associated with the other in personal injury cases.

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Opinion

Gen. No. 46,452. (Abstract of Decision.)

January 31, 1955. Released for publication February 23, 1955.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. ROBERT JEROME DUNNE, Judge, presiding. Decree affirmed.

Francis B. Stine, for appellant;

Sarsfield Collins, for appellee.

Opinion by PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE.

Not to be published in full.

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Monahan v. Heirich

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District. First Division
Feb 23, 1955
4 Ill. App. 2d 373 (Ill. App. Ct. 1955)

In Monahan v. Heirich (1955), 4 Ill. App.2d 373, 124 N.E.2d 39 (abstract of opinion), for example, the court upheld two attorneys' contract which contemplated an equal division of fees whenever one attorney became associated with the other in personal injury cases.

Summary of this case from Phillips v. Joyce

In Monahan v. Heirich (1955), 4 Ill. App.2d 373, 124 N.E.2d 39 (abstract), the court enforced an agreement between two attorneys "associated" in the practice of law for the division of legal fees without reference to or consideration of the proportionate sharing of services or responsibility for the case referred.

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In Monahan, the court was not squarely presented with the question of whether an attorney can earn a fee for merely referring a case.

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Monahan v. Heirich

Case Details

Full title:Charles J. Monahan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bruneau E. Heirich…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District. First Division

Date published: Feb 23, 1955

Citations

4 Ill. App. 2d 373 (Ill. App. Ct. 1955)
124 N.E.2d 39

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