Walton v. Little
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attorney’s lien. Judgments. Before Judge James Johnson. Talbot Superior Court. September Term, 1873. An execution in favor of John H. Walton against Thomas Baldwin, for $508 51, principal, besides interest and costs, based upon a judgment recovered at the October term, 1866, of Harris Superior Court, was levied upon lot of land number one hundred and seventy, in the seventeenth district of Talbot county, as the property of the defendant.
Read the full summary
Attorney’s lien. Judgments. Before Judge James Johnson. Talbot Superior Court. September Term, 1873. An execution in favor of John H. Walton against Thomas Baldwin, for $508 51, principal, besides interest and costs, based upon a judgment recovered at the October term, 1866, of Harris Superior Court, was levied upon lot of land number one hundred and seventy, in the seventeenth district of Talbot county, as the property of the defendant. The lot levied on was claimed by M. A. Little. Upon the trial of the issue thus formed, it appeared that in 1866 the defendant in execution made a contract…
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
Section 1979, Revised Code, provides that “the Attorney’s lien shall attach for his fees * * upon all property recovered by him, and shall be superior to all other liens thereon.” There was no objection made on the ground of fraud between the attorney and client, as against creditors, or that the attorney’s services were not fully worth the fee contracted for. The lot of land which was to be given for the services was worth about one-third of the whole land recovered. The liti*601gation was pending for many years, and in two forums. If there had been no recovery there would have…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Read Phosphate Co. v. Weichselbaum Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Johnson v. GiraudSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941