Hammond v. Jackson

The appellant Lulu B. Jackson, a married woman living with her husband, was injured while alighting from a street railway car operated by the receivers of the Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Company. She conceived that her injury was caused by the negligent operation of the car and that she was entitled to recover in damages for such injuries. To that end she employed the respondent, Hammond, an attorney at law, to prosecute her claim therefor, promising to pay him for his services a certain percentage of the amount recovered. The contract was in writing, and was executed by the appellant…