Butler v. Givens

Is the solicitor of a defendant, whose efforts have been successful in defending his client’s land against attack, entitled to have a lien for the services fixed on the land?

*439It was held in Garner v. Garner, 1 Lea (69 Tenn.), 29, that in the absence of a contract therefor the solicitor cannot have a lien declared by the conrt on realty defended and. not recovered. '

In support of their motion for the declaration of a lien, the solicitors cite Hill v. Ford, 3 Tenn. Cas., 531, 537. That case, which would support the application, was decided in 1875, while Garner v. Garner was decided in 1878.

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