Brown v. Bigley

The Chancellor :

The question sought to be raised by the demurrer in this case, and argued by counsel, is. whether the lien of an attorney for professional services, on* land, declared by the court in the suit in which the services-were rendered, has priority over the lien of a creditor of the-client, acquired subsequently by bill filed and decree of this-court before the attorneys have taken any step to enforce their lien.

The land in controversy was originally the property of E. B. Bigley, the father of the defendant D. W. Bigley,. and was by him conveyed in mortgage to the Nashville-Building…