Wade v. Kay

Section 3011 of the Code gives a lien to attorneys on “suits, judgments, and decrees for money,” for services rendered in reference thereto. Though the- lien is given on suits as well as judgments and decrees it is clear that there can be no enforcement of such a lien until the suit has been prosecuted to judgment.

The petition here exhibited is but an appéndage to the main proceeding — the administration of an estate; and though it does not allege that a decree had been rendered in that proceeding allotting to petitioner’s client what she was due to receive from the estate, the trial court…