Curtis v. Richards
Idaho Supreme Court
WRIT of error to District Court, Third- District. As a condition precedent to the granting of the order discharging the plaintiffs in error as attorneys for defendant, Knott, the court should have required the defendant to pay their fees or satisfactorily secure the same.
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WRIT of error to District Court, Third- District. As a condition precedent to the granting of the order discharging the plaintiffs in error as attorneys for defendant, Knott, the court should have required the defendant to pay their fees or satisfactorily secure the same. (Weeks on Attorneys at Law, p. 428, secs. 250, 77, and cases cited; also, p. 640, sec. 367, and cases cited; Mechero, on Agency, see. 856, and.cases cited; In re Herman, 50 Fed. 517; Batell v. Wallace, 30 Fed. 228; Idaho Rev. Stats., sec. 3999; Butchers1’ Union Co. v. Crescent City Live Stoclc Co., 41 La. Ann. 355, 6 South.…
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, C. J.
This is a proceeding under section 3999 of the Revised Statutes of Idaho. The original action from which this arose was one wherein Richard Cable was plaintiff and William B. Knott was defendant, then pending in the district court in and for Ada county, in which the petitioners, who are attorneys at law, were employed by the defendant to act as his attorneys in defense of his rights in said suit, and they acted as such from the twenty-fifth day of January, 1894, until the fifteenth day of February, 1895, when defendant served a notice upon said attorneys that he discharged them as attorneys…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Butchers' Union Slaughterhouse & Live Stock Landing Co. v. Crescent City Live Stock Landing & Slaughterhouse Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- In re HermanDistrict Court, D. Washington · 1892
- Ronald v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1887
- Gardner v. TylerNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1868
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- Gordon, Huffaker & Garnett v. MorrowCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
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