Buckler v. Hilt

Appellant, as plaintiff below, brought suit to enforce a lien for attorney’s fees against a judgment which the appellant, as attorney for appellee Hilt, had caused to be entered in the Marion Circuit Court upon a compensation award made by the Industrial Board of Indiana. Appellant’s right to a lien for attorney’s fees was predicated upon a contract between himself and appellee Hilt, and specifically upon the provision that appellant was to receive as fees for his services in prosecuting Hilt’s industrial compensation claim a sum equal to thirty-three and one-third (33 %) per cent of any…