Ferraro v. City Hall Garage

The opinion of the court was delivered bj'

Kalisch, J.

The legal question raised by the facts in this case is whether, under the Attorneys’ Lien act of 1914 (Pamph. L., p. 410),' the lien of the attorney upon his client’s cause of action, suit, &c., where the action has been settled between the litigants without the consent of such attorney, at any stage of the cause, may be primarily enforced against the defendant litigant.

The trial judge, in the present case, after a hearing upon a petition filed by the plaintiff’s attorney in conformity to the lien act, gave judgment for $250 against the…