Leszynsky v. Merritt

The clients and the attorney appear to he at issue, in good faith, on the matters which lie at the foundation of the contract for service. If the view of the clients is the true one, on the facts, nothing is due to the attorney. If his view of the facts is the correct one, something is due to him on a quantum meruit. Prima facie he has a lien for compensation on the papers in his hands because he rendered some services, and if there was such a contract, that, having given up the employment, he has no claim to be compensated, that ought to be made out. Except by consent, the question in…