Burch and Cracchiolo Pa, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Edward F. Tilyou, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee

9 F.3d 1550 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. BURCH AND CRACCHIOLO PA, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. Edward F. TILYOU, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellee. No. 92-15903. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 6, 1993. Decided Nov. 1, 1993. Before: TANG, TROTT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A. ("Burch") appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of Edward F. Tilyou II in its action seeking compensation for legal services provided by F. Michael Carroll, who assigned his rights to Burch. The only disputed issue concerned the matter in which Tilyou agreed to pay Carroll for Carroll's legal services. Burch contended that Tilyou was personally liable for the fees. Tilyou contended that he was not personally liable because he was acting in his capacity as co-personal representative of the Estate of Florence J. Tilyou when he hired Carroll. The district court…