Swanson v. Webb Tractor & Equipment Co.

This action was brought by plaintiff, Walter V. Swanson, to recover an attorney’s fee for legal services, together with an amount advanced by him for expenses, in certain prior litigation, and to have a lien for such fee established and foreclosed against the proceeds of two judgments procured for the defendant, Webb Tractor & Equipment Co., in the prior litigation.

The complaint alleged that between May 15,. 1941, and April 7, 1944, plaintiff, at the special instance and request of the defendant, performed certain legal services for the defendant, involving the preparation of various…