Collier v. Necaise

285 So.2d 778 (1973)

Vivian Taconi COLLIER et al.

v.

Mrs. Elolse Collier NECAISE.

No. 47306.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 3, 1973.

Cornelius J. Ladner, Bay St. Louis, for appellants.

William M. Frisbie, Bay St. Louis, for appellee.

WALKER, Justice:

This is an attempted appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Hancock County, Mississippi.

The question before the Court is whether an attorney who has a contract with his clients which provides for a fee contingent upon the success of the litigation can appeal from an adverse ruling of a lower court to the Supreme Court against the express…