Anderson v. E. de Braekeleer & Co.

A fund, representing the proceeds of a judgment obtained by the corporation-defendant against one Schwabeland, having been paid into the receiver’s hands subject to the lien of the attorney for the corporation, it was referred to a referee to take proof and report upon the amount of this lien, and the referee has found that the attorney, La Fetra, is entitled to a sum representing 40 per cent, of the recovery in that action together with $61.70 for disbursements actually and necessarily incurred in the course of the litigation. The issue of the agreement, under which this 40 per cent, was…