Hadlock v. Brooks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two ACTIONS OF CONTRACT, the first brought by the administratrix of the estate of Harvey D. Hadloek, deceased, to recover a balance alleged to' be due from the defendant for services rendered by the plaintiff’s intestate as an attorney at law, in behalf of the descendants of Henry Gray in the case of Codman v. Brooks, reported in 159 Mass. 477, and 167 Mass. 499, and the second brought by John F. Merrow, to recover the amount of an order for $3,000, made by said Harvey D.…
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Two ACTIONS OF CONTRACT, the first brought by the administratrix of the estate of Harvey D. Hadloek, deceased, to recover a balance alleged to' be due from the defendant for services rendered by the plaintiff’s intestate as an attorney at law, in behalf of the descendants of Henry Gray in the case of Codman v. Brooks, reported in 159 Mass. 477, and 167 Mass. 499, and the second brought by John F. Merrow, to recover the amount of an order for $3,000, made by said Harvey D. Hadloek and accepted by the defendant. Writs dated June 14, 1898. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court,…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
In each of these cases, tried together before the Superior Court with a jury, there was question whether Hadloclc, who acted as senior counsel for the children of Henry Gray in the case of Codman v. Brooks, reported in 159 Mass. 477, and 167 Mass. 499, was employed under a champertous agreement.
The defendant’s evidence tended to show that by the terms of Hadlock’s employment his compensation was to be a percentage of whatever sum should be recovered by his clients in the litigation, and also that it was to be contingent upon their success in securing such a recovery in the action.
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