Leahart v. Deedmeyer
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. Bill by Frank Deedmeyer and others against Susie E. Leahart, administratrix of Martha A. Worley, and others. Decree for complainants, and respondents appeal. The appellees have no lien on the judgment or decre and the bill is without equity. — Hourly & Bley r.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. Bill by Frank Deedmeyer and others against Susie E. Leahart, administratrix of Martha A. Worley, and others. Decree for complainants, and respondents appeal. The appellees have no lien on the judgment or decre and the bill is without equity. — Hourly & Bley r. Norman, 74 Ala. 424; 24 A. & E. Ency. of Law, 877. Sec. 3011, Code 1907. The statutes now give attorneys a lien on judgments and suits. — Sec. 3011, Code 1907. This statute falls within the class known as remedial statutes and are liberally construed. — Endlich on…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The bill in this case was filed by the appellees against the appellants, seeking to enforce a lien for attorney’s fees. The facts, in substance, are thatnone of the defendants — Martha A. Worley, as administratrix of the estate of Benjamin L. Worley, in accordance with a verbal agrément previously made by said Martha A. and M. V. Worley, who were the only *297heirs of said Benjamin L. Worley — entered into a written agreement with the appellees on December 23, 1907, by which appellees were employed as attorneys to bring suit against the defendant the Southern Railway Company for damages resulting…
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