Legal Opinion
Hoxsey v. Hoffpauir
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1950No. 12733PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.
The determination of the merits of this appeal requires consideration of the attorney’s lien law of the State of New York and the extent of permissible enforcement of the lien by suit in another State.
Appellant, a resident of Dallas, Texas, employed appellee, an attorney at law of New York City, to represent him as counsel in the prosecution of a libel suit claiming one million dollars damages against the publisher of the newspaper PM, a legal resident of New York. Suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and other…
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