Morris v. Pennsylvania Railroad

JUDCE ROBSON

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action by "Thomas M. Morris, petitioner, to enforce an attorney’s lien for fees by virtue of an alleged contract with one John W. Shultz, which petitioner claimed entitled him to one-third of the amount of a $40,000 settlement that the respondent had made with Shultz after petitioner had been discharged as his attorney. The respondent defended on the ground that the contract was obtained by solicitation. After a bench trial the court entered an order sustaining the petition and entering judgment against respondent for the sum of…