Sterling Milk Products Co. v. Brown

Cecil Brown instituted an action in the district court of Oklahoma county, against Sterling Milk Products Company, a corporation, claiming damages for personal injuries. . The parties settled the case without the knowledge or consent of Brown’s attorneys. Attorneys' lien claim was properly endorsed upon the petition. The attorneys filed their motion in the original action alleging a written contract with Brown, under the terms of which they were lo institute suit against said corporation for the sum of $5,000, and for which services they were to receive 50 per cent, of any sum recovered.…