Recht v. Clairton Urban Redevelopment Authority

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court (191 Pa. Superior Ct. 404, 156 A. 2d 877), which affirmed a judgment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County in the amount of f750 with interest and costs in favor of J. B. Nicklas, Jr., an attorney, and against Herman Reeht, a judgment which the court directed be a “charging lien” against a jury verdict recovered by Reeht against the Urban Redevelopment Authority of the City of Clairton (Authority).

The issue herein presented is: may an attorney assert a “charging lien” against a…