Hammons v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Everett Hammons, from an order of the District Court of Anoka County, Henry G. Hicks, 3., made December 2, 1892, sustaining a demurrer to his complaint. Plaintiff is an attorney at law and on January 29,' 1892, was ■employed by Hiram Knox to bring an action against the defendant, Great Northern Railway Company, to recover $3,000 damages for .an assault committed upon him the previous day by a conductor •on one of defendant’s passenger trains.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Everett Hammons, from an order of the District Court of Anoka County, Henry G. Hicks, 3., made December 2, 1892, sustaining a demurrer to his complaint. Plaintiff is an attorney at law and on January 29,' 1892, was ■employed by Hiram Knox to bring an action against the defendant, Great Northern Railway Company, to recover $3,000 damages for .an assault committed upon him the previous day by a conductor •on one of defendant’s passenger trains. Knox agreed with plaintiff to pay him for his services one-half of any sum recovered, and signed a contract giving plaintiff a lien…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
One Knox, claiming to have a cause of action against this defendant for an assault committed upon him, employed this plaintiff, as his attorney, to bring and prosecute against defendant an action therefor, and entered into a written contract with him whereby plaintiff agreed to manage the action free of charge, if unsuccessful. He agreed to pay all fees of officer, clerk, and jury, and Knox agreed to allow him to retain one-half the amount received in satisfaction of the suit, whether before or after trial, and, in terms, gave him a lien therefor upon any sum paid in settlement of the suit.…
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