Wipfler v. Warren
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Jackson; Parkinson, J. Bill by Lucy "Wipfler against Fred H. "Warren, Charles R. Robertson, Ross A. Rastall, Detroit Pattern Works, Charles E. Wipfler and J. Louis Horn to obtain an accounting, a determination of the several claims of defendants, for a receiver and the dissolution of defendant corporation. From a decree for defendants, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Jackson; Parkinson, J. Bill by Lucy "Wipfler against Fred H. "Warren, Charles R. Robertson, Ross A. Rastall, Detroit Pattern Works, Charles E. Wipfler and J. Louis Horn to obtain an accounting, a determination of the several claims of defendants, for a receiver and the dissolution of defendant corporation. From a decree for defendants, complainant appeals. Pending the suit of Charles Wipfler, complainant, v. Detroit Pattern Works, Lucy Wipfler, Charles E. Wipfler, and Louis Horn, defendants, to establish the rights of complainant in defendant corporation, the circuit court for the…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). The law creates the lien of a solicitor upon the judgment or fund resulting from his services. As a general rule, if the demand is reduced to a judgment against the client, the lien is lost, and, as a general rule, a solicitor may not complain of a substitution of solicitors if the order of substi*195fcution preserves his lien. Jones v. Muskegon Circuit Judge, 95 Mich. 289 (54 N. W. 876). The original decree required the receiver to pay a fund, the amount of which was also established, to one of the clients of Mr. Warren. Complainant here claims to be owner of the fund.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jones v. DickermanMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
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- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. StarkeyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
- Kysor Industrial Corp. v. D. M. Liquidating Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1968
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