Walsh v. Hoskins
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; George W. Pierson, Judge. Action by James A. Walsb against Omar Hoskins and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. The language of section 6422, Bevised Codes, is a copy of section 66, Code of Civil Procedure, of New York, and the court of that state, after quoting the section, said in Peri v. New York G. By.
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Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; George W. Pierson, Judge. Action by James A. Walsb against Omar Hoskins and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. The language of section 6422, Bevised Codes, is a copy of section 66, Code of Civil Procedure, of New York, and the court of that state, after quoting the section, said in Peri v. New York G. By. Co., 152 N. Y. 521, 46 N. E. 849: ‘ ‘ The language is very comprehensive, and creates a lien in favor of the attorney on his client’s cause of action, whatever form it may assume in the course of litigation, and enables…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
This action was begun to recover judgment against the defendants for the sum of $1,000, with interest from June 20,1910; and to foreclose an alleged attorney’s lien upon certain papers and documents in the possession of the Farmers & Traders’ State Bank, of Billings, Montana.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is an attorney at law; that on the first day of September, 1907, the defendant Omar Hoskins consulted and advised with him, and employed him to begin an action against the Montana Coal and Iron Company, a de facto corporation, and others; that in conformity with such employment…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Peri v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Oishei v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Coombe v. KnoxMontana Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by2 opinions
- Walsh v. HoskinsMontana Supreme Court · 1917
- Montana Coal & Iron Co. v. HoskinsOregon Supreme Court · 1918