Legal Opinion
In Re Funk
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided June 13, 1932PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Facts.
McDOWELL, District Judge.
On some date not shown by the record, one Kagey, in an automobile collision, gravely injured A. R. Funk, and also injured Funk’s automobile.
On April 11,1931, Funk instituted an action against Kagey, for damages for his bodily injury and for injury to his automobile, in the circuit court of Shenandoah county, Va.
On May 28, 1931, a written contract of employment was made by Funk and his attorneys, who liad brought the said suit. This contract provided that the attorneys should have one-third of any recovery.
On October 27, 1931, a verdict in Funk’s favor was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Anderson v. Hygeia Hotel Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Birmingham v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- O'Connor v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Nickels v. Kane's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
- Lawson v. Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
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3Cited by14 opinions
- City of Richmond v. HanesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
- In Re SchmelzerDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1972
- Rowe v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Montavon v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1994
- Davison v. CallaghanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
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