Chumbley v. Thomas

The complainant, John A. Chumbley, is a solicitor of the Coffee County bar and resides at Manchester. He filed this bill to collect a solicitor’s fee of $300 which he claims is due him. The bill sets out that he was attorney for the defendant, Mrs. L. A. Thomas, wherein Mrs. Thomas was complainant and T. E. Martin was defendant. T. E. Martin died. Later, his widow brought a suit against Mrs. L. A. Thomas and also, the heirs of T. E. Martin brought a suit against Mrs. Thomas. The subject matter of the suits was a house and lot at Manchester. The court decreed in those cases that Mrs. 'T. E.…