The present case projects for judicial consideration the propriety of a contingent fee agreement. The validity of such contracts has been sustained by the courts of this State. Hassell v. Van Houten, 39 N.J. Eq. 105 ( Ch. 1884); Wilson v. Seeber, 72 N.J. Eq. 523 ( Ch. 1907); Soper v. Bilder, 87 N.J. Eq. 564 ( Ch. 1917); Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Poliakoff, 123 N.J. Eq. 524 ( Ch. 1938); American Automobile Ins. Co. v. Niebuhr, 124 N.J. Eq. 372 ( Ch. 1938); Marsh v. Murphy, 129 N.J. Eq. 302 ( E. A. 1941); In re Archdeacon, 134 N.J. Eq. 535 ( Prerog. Ct. 1944).