Wertheim v. Burns Bros.

Chapter 201 (Pamph. L. 1914, p. 410), inter alia, provides: “After the service of a summons and complaint * * * the attorney * * * who shall appear in *677said cause for such party instituting the action of law * * * shall have a lien for compensation upon his client’s cause of action, suit, claim or counter-claim, which shall contain and attach to a verdict, report, decision, decree, award, judgment or final order in his client’s favor, and the proceeds thereof in whosoever hands they may come; and the lien shall not be affected by any settlement between the parties before or after judgment or…