Wurtzinger v. Jacobs

I dissent from that part of the decision which holds an attorney’s equitable lien upon a judgment is subordinated to a right to contribution asserted as set off against the judgment. In Stanley v. Bouck (1900), 107 Wis. 225, 83 N. W. 298, in discussing the equitable lien of an attorney upon a judgment secured by his services, the court clearly points out that the application to set off one judgment against another is addressed to the sound discretion of a court of equity and went on to state that the setoff “will not be allowed as against an attorney’s equitable lien for services and…