Cheshire v. Des Moines City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. Hugh Brennan, Judge. Action to recover lien for attorney’s fee resulted in judgment as prayed. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The plaintiff, an attorney at law, was employed by Edith Lowe, October 2, 1909, to bring and prose*89cute a suit against the Des Moines City Railway Company and the Interurban Railway Company, to recover damages sustained by the first party in a collision, on the street railway company bridge over the Des Moines river, in which collision the first party received personal injuries.
The party of the first part hereby agrees to pay to the party of the second part a sum equal to an undivided one-half (1/2) of 'whatever may be received of said railway companies, or either of them, as damages on…
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- Buecker v. CarrNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1900
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