Lehman v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.

It is the claim of the plaintiffs, who were practicing attorneys in the city of Detroit in August, 1909, that they were employed by one Elmer Wood to prosecute a personal injury case for him against the defendant railroad company for injuries which he received from a gunshot wound at the hands of one of the company’s detectives. After Wood received the injury, he was removed to a hospital, where plaintiff Lehman visited him at his request. Mr. Lehman made him a proposition that he would take the case if the necessary expenses were paid for one-third of what he recovered by suit or compromise,…