Barnes v. Alexander
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. The facts, which, involve the validity of a judgment obtained by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error in the courts of the Territory of Arizona, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
The proceeding out of which this case arises was brought by the appellant Mrs. Barnes, for an account of the prop erty received in settlement of certain mining suits and for a recovery of one-fourth of the same. The defendants, Shattuck, Hanninger and Marks, were parties to these suits and employed as their attorneys the firm of Barnes and Martin and. one O’Connell under an agreement that the lawyers shóuld have as their compensation one-fourth of all that was received by the said defendants. It may be assumed that Mrs. Barnes represented this claim. While the present suit was pending another…
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