Porter, Taylor & Co. v. Hanson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from St. Francis Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. J. N. Cypert, Circuit Judge. • reporter’s statement. In August, 1877, Hanson, "Weatherford & Estes, a law firm, filed in the circuit court in St. Francis county, their complaint in equity against the heirs of J. M. Farrow, and D. T. Porter, W. F. Taylor, and G-. W. Macrae, as partners composing- the mercantile firm of Porter, Taylor & Co., and the first two as surviving partners of the late firm of Newton Ford & Co.,…
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APPEAL from St. Francis Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. J. N. Cypert, Circuit Judge. • reporter’s statement. In August, 1877, Hanson, "Weatherford & Estes, a law firm, filed in the circuit court in St. Francis county, their complaint in equity against the heirs of J. M. Farrow, and D. T. Porter, W. F. Taylor, and G-. W. Macrae, as partners composing- the mercantile firm of Porter, Taylor & Co., and the first two as surviving partners of the late firm of Newton Ford & Co., all non-residents of Arkansas, stating in substance, that by the employment of J'. M. Farrow in his lifetime, they had,…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
Eakin, J.
This case presents these questions :
1. - Do the motion and accompanying answer and bill of appellants show in them any such rights as would entitle them to move the court to set aside the decree rendered on constructive service, and admit them to '
2. What are the. priorities as between them and the appellees claiming an attorney’s lien?
•3. If they have no priority, do they show any right to contest the amount of the lien?
Upon the first point, the case is prima facie in their favor. They were made defendants, which indicates the opinion of appellees (complainants below), that…
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