Kelly & Middleton v. Horsely
Supreme Court of Alabama
.Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. ■ This is a petition on behalf of Kelly & Middleton, the purposes of which are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court. Fom a decree dismissing the petition this appeal was prosecuted. Motion was also made for a rule nisi to the Chancellor to show cause whether he should be restrained from discharging attorneys, etc., the substance of which appears in the opinion.
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.Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. ■ This is a petition on behalf of Kelly & Middleton, the purposes of which are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court. Fom a decree dismissing the petition this appeal was prosecuted. Motion was also made for a rule nisi to the Chancellor to show cause whether he should be restrained from discharging attorneys, etc., the substance of which appears in the opinion. The client has the unqualified right to change his attorney at will, whether from motives of caprice or otherwise, subject to the exception that leave…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
This is a petition addressed to the chancellor asking a reference to ascertain the compensation reasonably earned by petitioners, as attorneys,- for services rendered respondent in a chancery suit, and for a decretal order declining to give effect to petitioners’ disr *510charge until their compensation for services has been paid or secured, or until further orders from the court. The case made by the allegation of the petition is that petitioners were- employed by respondent to represent him in a suit pending in the chancery court of Jefferson county wherein one Cole was complainant and this…
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