Whitecotton v. St. Louis & Hannibal Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Hannibal Court of Common Pleas.— Hon. David H. Eby, Judge. (1) The court erred in finding for the plaintiff in the sum of $400. Plurr v. Eailroad, 141 Mo. App. 217; Stevens v. Eailroad, 157 Mo.
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Appeal from Hannibal Court of Common Pleas.— Hon. David H. Eby, Judge. (1) The court erred in finding for the plaintiff in the sum of $400. Plurr v. Eailroad, 141 Mo. App. 217; Stevens v. Eailroad, 157 Mo. App. 656. Assuming that the authorities hear out the contention that the bringing of a suit and service of process on a defendant dispenses with the service of a notice by the plaintiff’s attorney that he has a lien on his client’s cause of action, yet it must be conceded that there is nothing which would impart notice to the defendant of the aliquot part of the client’s recovery the…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
Plaintiff, administratrix of her deceased husband, George W. Whitecotton, sued defendant to recover $400 under the Attorneys’ Lien Act.
The case is this: One McCune, a woman, employed decedent, an attorney, to collect damages for *627personal injuries claimed to have been received by hei while a passenger on one of defendant’s trains. The terms of the agreement were that he had full charge of the claim and of its- compromise, prosecution or settlement by suit or otherwise, on a contingent fee of one-half collected, and no compromise, settlement or other disposition was to be made except through…
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- Wait v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- O'Connor v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Taylor v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Morton v. ForseeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- Taylor v. St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
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- Downs v. HodgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967
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