Minor v. Fick

In the Kent circuit a money judgment was entered in favor of John M. Westrate, plaintiff, arid against Frank Fick, defendant. Petitioner, Don E. Minor, was Westrate’s attorney in the cause. His charges for services and disbursements were not paid. Westrate and Fick pretended, eollusively, to settle, and a release, purporting to be iri satisfaction and discharge of the judgment, was given. Actual notice that Minor claimed a charging lien on the judgment had not been given to Fick, but he knew, as the trial judge properly found, that Minor’s bill had not been paid. This proceeding was brought…