Roberts v. Mitchell

In this cause, on a former clay of the present term, a moneyed decree was rendered in favor of Mitchell against complainant, J. S. Roberts. On a still earlier day of the term, in another and independent suit, a decree was pronounced in favor of Roberts against Mitchell, and a motion is now made *278by Roberts to set off these judgments, one against the other, under § 3635 of the (M. & V.) Code. This motion is resisted by the solicitors of Mitchell, unless it be granted subject to their lien for services in obtaining the first decree. '

While the attorney’s lien upon the judgment recovered for his…