Senneff v. Sharpe
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Franklin District Court. — E. M. McCall, Judge. Action in equity to foreclose an attorney’s lien. The material facts are stated below. Upon motion of counsel for defendant, the cause was transferred to the law side of the docket for trial. From this ruling, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Plaintiffs are attorneys at law, and allege in their petition that they were employed by defendant, by oral contract, to. represent him as attorneys in a suit to partition a large tract of real estate in Franklin County; that, by the terms of said oral contract, the defendant agreed to pay plaintiffs one fourth of all sums received by him in said partition proceedings, in which there was a controversy as to the interest of certain other claimants; that the trial of the partition suit resulted in a decree fixing the interest of defendant in the real estate, which was thereafter sold, and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Fischer-Hansen v. . Bklyn. Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Hubbard v. EllithorpeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Clark v. SullivanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1893
- Crissman v. McDuffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Smith v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1881
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