Thompson v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.

The interveners in their complaint in intervention sought to recover $7,000 for their services in an action of the plaintiff, for whom they appeared, against the defendant railway company for personal injuries, which action was settled by the railway company directly with the plaintiff. The case came on for-trial before Judge Frank M. Nye. Two issues were submitted to the jury, which were found in favor of the defendant railway company. Judge Nye granted a new trial, not for errors of law but because of the insufficiency of the evidence. The same issues then came on for a second trial before…