Andrews v. Morse
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery for an injunction to restrain further proceedings in the collection of an execution in favour of Morse, one of the defendants, against the plaintiff. In September, 1837, Morse recovered judgment against Andrews, before the superior court, on which the execution mentioned in the plaintiff’s bill, was taken out.
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This was a bill in chancery for an injunction to restrain further proceedings in the collection of an execution in favour of Morse, one of the defendants, against the plaintiff. In September, 1837, Morse recovered judgment against Andrews, before the superior court, on which the execution mentioned in the plaintiff’s bill, was taken out. Elisha Phelps, William Hungerford and William R. Cone, Esq’rs. attorneys at law, were respectively employed by Morse, as counsel in the cause, and had the management of it, from its commencement to its termination ; and for their fees and the moneys expended…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
The facts, as drawn up and agreed to, by the parties in this case, present but a single question. Have the attorneys of the plaintiff in the execution, by whom professional services have been rendered and moneys disbursed, in the progress of the suit which produced the execution, such a claim upon the judgment and execution, as against the defendant therein, as ought to be protected ?
We have believed that the opinion expressed by us, in the case of Gager & al. v. Watson, 11 Conn. Rep. 168. sanctioned this claim of the attorneys; but as this has been doubted, we will consider the question…
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