Lewis v. Van Valkenburg

Bell, Justice.

The attorney was employed on basis of a contingent fee of twenty per cent, of any sum recovered. If the settlement which he negotiated had been accepted by his client, what*278ever sum she received thereunder might perhaps have been considered as a sum recovered, within the meaning of the contract of employment. Middleton v. Westmoreland, 164 Ga. 324 (138 S. E. 852); Camp v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 42 Ga. App. 653 (2) (157 S. E. 209); Thomas v. Travelers Insurance Co., 53 Ga. App. 404 (185 S. E. 922). The client, however, as the judge was authorized to find, did not…