California Court of Appeal July 1, 1968, Civ. 31575 (Coons v. Kary)

FLEMING, J.

In an action on a contingent fee contract for legal services in a divorce, attorney N. E. Youngblood’s assignee obtained judgment for $7,500 against Maria Anna Kary, the client for whom Youngblood secured the divorce. The background of the contract and its relationship to Mrs. Kary’s divorce are shown in the following chronology:

November 1959—Mrs.