Chasan v. Kolb

This appeal is from an order of the Hudson County Court of Common Pleas, denying the petition of Raymond Chasan for the fixing and determining of an attorney's lien against the defendant, Mary Kolb, or upon her property. The essential facts are that one I. Charles Wilson in April 1946 retained petitioner to bring suit against the defendant to recover the sum of $7,500. The retainer signed by the plaintiff provided for the payment to petitioner of a percentage of the amount recovered and a further provision that the plaintiff would not settle or extinguish his claim nor substitute any other…