Morgan v. Driggs

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, L

Driggs, having obtained a judgment against Morgan, issued execution, and Morgan then obtained an injunction upon the following grounds: 1st. That the fees of the clerk of the Supreme Court, included in the writ of fieri facias, had been paid by him. 2d. That when Driggs was about to institute his suit against Morgan, he employed William Beatty, a member of the bar, to attend to the suit, and agreed to give him thirty-three and one-third per I cent of the amount recovered in said suit, as a compensation for his professional I services…