Jacobs v. United Electric Railways Co.

This is an action brought by an attorney-at-law under authority of Chapter 1515, Public Laws 1917, now Section (4377), General Laws 1923, known as the Attorney’s Lien Law. The case is brought to this court by plaintiff’s exception to the direction of a verdict for the defendant.

• November 18, 1921, the plaintiff sent two letters to the defendant notifying it that Mrs. Mary G. Coreira had placed a claim with him against it for personal injuries to her husband caused by the negligence of its servants in operating a surface car and resulting in his death, and that all further negotiations should…