Chapeze v. Hathaway

Opinion op the Court by

William; Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

One Maude Lee, employed Ben A. Chapeze and Thomas Cochran, attorneys of the Bullitt County bar, to institute for her an action for personal injuries against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Chapeze and Cochran employed E. C. Waide, another attorney of the same bar, to assist them in the prosecution of the action, and agreed to pay him for his services one-fifth of their fee. Chapeze and Cochran also employed Waide to assist them in certain other cases which it is not necessary to discuss. Waide, being in need of…