Elk Valley Coal Mining Co. v. Willis

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Winn

Reversing.

Frank Alexander, an infant, through L. E. Alexander, his father, as his next friend, in March, 1911, -sited the Elk Valley Coal Mining Company ■ to recover fob personal, injuries-suffered by him while laboring-in'the *450company’s coal mine. Appellees, Willis & Meredith, attorneys, filed the petition. By contract made with the next friend, they were to have as their fee a snm equal to fifty per cent of the amount recovered by suit or otherwise. Upon the day in April when the case was to be tried, the company compromised the claim with the plaintiff. L.…