Parish v. McGowan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on appeal by one of several defendants from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia directing payment to tbe complainant from a fund under tbe control of tbe Court, in compliance with a contract for a percentage fee and an attorney’s lien for prosecuting a claim.
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Hearing on appeal by one of several defendants from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia directing payment to tbe complainant from a fund under tbe control of tbe Court, in compliance with a contract for a percentage fee and an attorney’s lien for prosecuting a claim. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated tbe facts as follows: Tbis is a suit in equity begun May 22, 1909, by Jonas H. McGowan and Elijah V. Brookshire against Emily E. Parish, executrix of Joseph W. Parish, deceased, Eranklin Mac Yeagh, Secretary of tbe Treasury, and Charles H. Treat, Treasurer of tbe United…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
This is not the case of a creditors’ bill to enforce a lien created by a decree of court as was Price v. Forest, 173 U. S. 410, 43 L. ed. 749, 19 Sup. Ct. Rep. 434. It is an original suit on written contracts with attorneys to prosecute a certain claim against the United States to final determination, for stipulated fees equal to 20 per cent of the amount that might be collected, and with an express lien to secure the payment of the same. Setting out the contracts, the bill alleges the prosecution of the claim before Congress to the passage of a relieving act; the diligent, but unsuccessful…
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- Kilbourn v. SunderlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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- In Re PaschalSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Price v. ForrestSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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