Newman v. Moyers
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FBOM THE COUBT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTEICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
By the Omnibus Claims Act of March 4, 1915, c. 140, 38 Stat. 962, 963, discussed in Calhoun v. Massie, decided this day, ante, 170, Ursula Ragland Erskine became entitled to receive from the Secretary of the Treasury the sum of $1,836.66. Long before that date she and the firm of Moyers and Consaul, attorneys, had entered into a contract for the prosecution of her claim against the Government. The contract provided that the attorneys should receive an amount equal to fifty per cent, of the sum collected. Its terms and the services rendered were, in substance, identical with those set forth in…
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