Walsh v. Shumway
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lawrekce
In 1866, Mrs. Luff conveyed certain real estate, in the city, of Chicago, to Shumway, one of the appellees herein, to enable him to prosecute, in his own name and at his own risk, an action of ejectment for the recovery of the property, which was at that time held under an adverse title.
At the time of making this arrangement, Shumway consulted Sloan, an attorney, and one of the appellants herein, and agreed with him that he should take charge of the litigation, and receive, as a fee, one-quarter of the property.
Sloan commenced the suit in December, 1866. In 1868, he employed Mr. Garrison, a…
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