Legal Opinion
Ronald v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided February 14, 1887PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
A motion is made on behalf of the plaintiff for the substitution of new attorneys, which is resisted on the ground of a special agreement made with the present attorney on his taking the cause, to-*229wit, that he should he paid 10 per cent, of the collection’s as his compensation. The action was for a recovery of $5,000 upon an insurance of the life of the plaintiff’s husband, now deceased.
The right, in general, of a litigant to change his attorney at pleasure, has been repeatedly affirmed. In re Paschal, 10 Wall. 483, 493-496; Dodge v. Schell, 20 Blatchf. 517, 12 Fed. Rep. 515; In re Wilson, 12…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re PaschalSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Dodge v. SchellU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1882
3Cited by5 opinions
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- The Johnson Lighterage Co. No. 24District Court, D. New Jersey · 1917