Derrick v. Lumpkins

The original bill in this cause was filed by H. D. Derrick and Morrison & Morrison, all attorneys, to have a trust declared and decreed in their favor in a deposit of $651.75 in the savings department of the First National Bank, of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to the credit of L. N. Lumpkins, it being alleged in the bill that L. N. Lumpkins had employed them to represent him in a lawsuit and deposited this money in the bank as a trust fund for the purpose of paying their attorneys’ fees.

Defendant, Mrs. Bessie M. Lumpkins, moved to dismiss the bill and dissolve the injunction for want of equity,…