Fornoff v. Smith

Mb. Presiding Justice Edwards

delivered the opinion of the court.

On January 5, 1934, in the circuit court of Wabash county, after protracted litigation, C. C. McMahel ob-' tained a judgment against Jacob T. Smith, appellee, in the sum of $1,333.33, and on the same day agreed with Frank Fornoff, appellant, who was then and had been his attorney in the litigation, that the latter should have as his compensation therefor the sum of $666.66. An appeal was taken from this judgment, which this court affirmed on September 6, 1934.

At the time of the rendition of such judgment on January 5, 1934,…