Sanders v. Woodbury

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay,

Commissioner

Reversing.

Ruth M. Knuckles, an infant residing with her mother, Ella H. Knuckles, in the city of Louisville, was struck and injured by a tram car, that was being" used in the construction of a sewer on 12th street in that city. Mrs. Knuckles, the mother and next friend of the infant, employed appellant, Henry W. Sanders, an attorney-at-law, to institute proceedings to recover damages for the injuries received by the child. A written contract was entered into by which it was agreed that Sanders’ fee should be a sum equal to one-half of the…