Donohue v. Jennings

FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

Mary Sue Donohue (appellee) represented Jane Eloise Jennings (appellant) in a divorce action. Upon being discharged without pay, appellee filed an attorney’s lien against the proceeds of a sale of personal property ordered by the divorce court. The sale of this property was held by auctioneers who withheld the amount of the lien from appellant’s share of the sale proceeds. Appellee subsequently commenced this suit to foreclose her lien. The amount of the lien ($7,066.98) was deposited with the court by the auctioneers. Following a pre-trial conference, the trial court…