Langdon v. Kennedy

Hastings, District Judge.

This action is a controversy between attorneys over the *291division of a fee. The defendant collected the amount of the fee due under a contract for a contingent fee and retained two-thirds of the fee and paid the remaining one-third to the plaintiff as his share. Plaintiff claimed he was entitled to an equal division of the fee and commenced this action in the county court of Douglas county to recover the difference. Judgment was rendered in that court in favor of the plaintiff and appealed to the district court by defendant. In that court plaintiff filed a motion to…