Bowling Green Savings Bank v. . Todd

The attorneys for the bank had a lien upon the papers in the foreclosure suit not only for the costs and charges in that suit, but for any general balance in other professional business. (Hughes v. Mayre, 3 Tr. R., 275; Howell v. Harding, 8 East, 362; 4 Wait's Prac., 246, 247, and cases cited.) This is not a rule peculiar to attorneys, but applies to an ordinary factor. He has a lien upon goods consigned to and received by him for unpaid balances before accrued. (Knapp v. Alvord, 10 Paige, 205; Brier v. Brooks, 26 Wend., 367.)

But I am not aware of any authority allowing an individual member…