Caruso v. Ray Pelling & B. A. Railton Co.

Sam Caruso, a minor, by Malia Caruso, his mother and next friend, brought an action against Bay Pelling and B. A. Bailton Co., a corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by the minor, Sam Caruso. The case was settled by the payment of $1,500. Charles G-. Palmer, a practicing lawyer of Chicago, who had been retained to prosecute the personal injury claim and who was later supplanted by other counsel, filed his petition claiming a lien under the Attorney’s Lien Act, Cahill’s 1931 Statutes, page 157. There was a hearing on the petition and answer, the…