Higley v. White
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. W. W. Wilkekson. The original bill in this case was filed by the appellant, I. B. Higley, against E. B. and C. B. Powell; and sought the specific performance of a contract for the sale to complainant of certain described real estate.
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Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. W. W. Wilkekson. The original bill in this case was filed by the appellant, I. B. Higley, against E. B. and C. B. Powell; and sought the specific performance of a contract for the sale to complainant of certain described real estate. The report of that case, on appeal, is found in the 90 Ala.-103. The proceedings, which are reviewed- in the present appeal, arose in the following manner: filter the decree rendered in this case, settling the equities in favor of the complainant, was affirmed on appeal to this. court at…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. In Ex parte Lehman, Burr & Co., 59 Ala. 632, this court announced that it must be regarded as settled in this State,, by the decision of War-field v. Campbell, 38 Ala. 527, that an attorney at law or solicitor in chancery has a lien upon a judgment or decree obtained for a client, to the extent of the compensation the client has agreed to pay ; or if there has been no specific agreement for compensation, then, for reasonable compensation for services rendered in and about its procurement. The lien is limited to services rendered in the particular action or proceeding in which the judgment…
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