Hatfield v. Richmond

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

— Affirming.

The lower court adjudged S. E. Baker, an attorney, a lien for $150.00 upon a tract of land, and Hatfield appeals.

The first question arising on the record is, can an appeal be prosecuted' to this court as a matter of right from a judgment of a circuit court allowing an attorney a lien upon land for his fee when the fee for which the lien is given is only $150.00?

It is provided in section 950 of the Kentucky Statutes that “An appeal may be taken to the Court of Appeals as a matter of right from the judgment of the circuit court in all cases in…