Hanger v. Fowler
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Chancery Court of 'Pulaski County. This was a bill in equity, filed in the Chancery Court of Pulaski county, by the appellee against the appellants, to enforce a solicitor’s lien. The following brief statement of facts is substituted for that contained in the opinion: M. Cunningham employed the complainant and other solicitors to prosecute a suit in Chancery for a tract of land.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of 'Pulaski County. This was a bill in equity, filed in the Chancery Court of Pulaski county, by the appellee against the appellants, to enforce a solicitor’s lien. The following brief statement of facts is substituted for that contained in the opinion: M. Cunningham employed the complainant and other solicitors to prosecute a suit in Chancery for a tract of land. After several years litigation a decree was rendered against Cunningham, which, on appeal to this Court, was affirmed. Cunningham, being unable to prosecute his claim farther, conveyed all his interest…
1Opinion of the Court
Hon. Thomas Johnson, Special Judge,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The first objection urged against the decree of the chancellor, relates to the jurisdiction of that court. If the complainant is entitled to a specific lien upon the land recovered by the heirs of Cunningham, there can be no question of the jurisdiction of a court of equity; but if not, then it is equally manifest that the chancellor erred in taking cognizance of the cause. This, then, will be the first point we shall consider.
The case of Sexton et al. vs. Pike, 13 Ark. 193, has been much relied on in the argument, and as…
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