Sanders v. Riddick

delivered tlie opinion of' the Court.

The bill of complaint in this cause was filed by Sanders against T. K. Riddick and Marion G. Evans, attorneys of the Memphis bar, and alleged their employment to prosecute' a suit' in complainant’s behalf for' personal injuries, under the following contract, signed by or in behalf of the parties to this litigation :

“I, W. B. Sanders, hereby employ Marion G. Evafis and T. K. Riddick as my attorneys to represent me in my suit against the Memphis Street Railway, and I hereby agree that they may retain as their fee one-third of the recovery in case same is…