Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Ginther
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from El Paso County. Ginther having sued the railway company and compromised, plaintiff’s attorneys intervened and had judgment for the proportion of the amount paid which had been assigned to them as a fee. The company appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Ginther, intending to sue plaintiff in error for damages for personal injuries, employed Patterson & Buckler as his attorneys, and executed to them the following instrument: “El Paso, Texas, March 26, 1900.—I have employed Patterson & Buckler to sue the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company for $20,000, as damages for injuries sustained by me in consequence of its negligence on February 22, 1900, in the yards at El Paso, Texas, on repair track No. 3. I agree to give, and hereby assign to them one-third of whatever may be recovered in said suit, or by…
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- Williams v. . IngersollNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Christmas v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Fairbanks v. . SargentNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. VaughanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1902
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