Taylor v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Hon. John A. Blevins, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs cannot recover under the 1st section of the Attorneys’~Lien act, beeaust it is neither alleged nor proved that the suits compromised hy this defendant had been reduced to a verdict or judgment,' as the lien given by that section is not perfected until the cause of action has been reduced to a verdict, report, decision or judgment.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Hon. John A. Blevins, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs cannot recover under the 1st section of the Attorneys’~Lien act, beeaust it is neither alleged nor proved that the suits compromised hy this defendant had been reduced to a verdict or judgment,' as the lien given by that section is not perfected until the cause of action has been reduced to a verdict, report, decision or judgment. Smelker v. Railroad, 81 N. W. 995; Swift v. Register, 97 Ga. 446; Rogers v. Furse, 83 Ga. 115; Brown v. Railroad, 101 Ga. 80; O’Brien v. Railroad, 50N. Y. Supp. 159; Johnson v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, P. J.
On the 24th of October, 1902, the following contract in writing was entered into:
“Whereas, we, J. W. Aston, Eurenia Aston and Irene Violet Aston, of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, have a claim against the St. Louis Transit Company for injuries by us sustained on the 28th day of September, 1902, at or near Macklin avenue on a Chouteau avenue car, on Chouteau avenue, in the city of St. Louis, for the aggregate sum of $50,000; and having this day employed S. N. & S. C. Taylor and Eugene Hale, attorneys at law, of St. Louis, Missouri, as our attorneys, to prosecute our said claim for us to a…
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- Peri v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Poole v. . BelchaNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Duke v. HarperSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Young v. RenshawMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
- Yonge v. St. Louis Transit Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1904
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