Stiles v. Bruton

[1,2] Plaintiff, William Stiles, entered into a contract .with P. E. Edrington, Jr., attorney at law, September 24,. 1913, under Act No. 124, 1906, p. 210. That act provides, in addition to the privilege given to an attorney at law on the judgment, and property recovered by judgment, for his client, that he, the attorney, has the right to enter into a written contract to be signed by the client, by which'—

“attorneys at law may acquire as their fee in such matter an interest in the subject-matter of the suit, proposed suit, or claim, in the prosecution or defense of which they are employed,…