Parker v. Blighton

Cooley, J:

This was an action of replevin in which the defendant in error was plaintiff. The defendant below relied, among other things, on a settlement which he claimed had been made with the plaintiff, and which was evidenced by a writing. It was claimed on the part of the plaintiff that the writing was obtained by duress. It was also claimed that as the writing was obtained from the plaintiff in the absence of, and -without the knowledge of his attorney, it was void as depriving him o'f his lien for his services. If this were so, it was necessarily conclusive, as the amount in controversy *267wa…