Cowham v. Shipman
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Branch; Yaple, J. Bill by William F. Cowham, special administrator of the estate of Edward Twiss, deceased, against John B. Shipman for an accounting. Prom a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Twiss, a doctor sustaining intimate relations with certain Pottawatomie Indians, interested Ship-man, a lawyer, in a project to collect from the Federal government their share of certain annuities due them under a treaty of 1833, made with that tribe. Twiss secured two contracts, made in 1888 and 1889 respectively, with a large number, but by no means all, of said Indians, by which the copartners agreed to attempt the collection of the shares of said Indians for a contingent fee of 10 per cent. Shipman made strenuous efforts to do this. He was instrumental in getting Congress to pass a bill…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- King v. . LeightonNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Ayres v. C., R. I. & P. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Freeman v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Phineas Pam-To-Pee v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Frey v. EisenhardtMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
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- Cowham v. ShipmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1911