Little v. Sexton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attorney’s lien. Notice. Before Judge Hutchins. Gwinnett superior court. September term, 1891. The case was in the superior court upon appeal from the court of ordinary by Little, administrator, from a finding against him upon a citation for settlement at the instance of Mrs. Sexton. There was a verdict against Little for $166 ; defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted.
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Attorney’s lien. Notice. Before Judge Hutchins. Gwinnett superior court. September term, 1891. The case was in the superior court upon appeal from the court of ordinary by Little, administrator, from a finding against him upon a citation for settlement at the instance of Mrs. Sexton. There was a verdict against Little for $166 ; defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The motion contained the general grounds that the verdict was contrary to law, evidence, etc., and that the court erred in refusing to charge, as requested in writing by defendant: “ If plaintiff and ■…
1Opinion of the Court
*411 Judgment affirmed.
Only one witness, Juhan, was introduced, so far as appears from the record. He testified : Plaintiff employed the law firm of Juhan & McDonald to institute this proceeding in the court of ordinary, agreeing that the attorneys’ fees should not be less than one third of the recovery. The questions involved- were many of them difficult, the labor great and the litigation tedious. Fi-' nally the attorneys succeeded in recovering judgment for plaintiff for $567.97 in the court-of ordinary, and defendant entered an appeal. Pending the appeal plaintiff through her husband informed…
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