Johnson v. McMillan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. ““The section of the statute upon which the action is founded reads as follows: “ ‘All attorneys and counselors at law shall have a lien upon any money or property in their hands, or upon any judgment they may have attained (obtained), belonging to any client, for any fee or balance of fees due, or any professional services rendered by them in any court of this state; which said lien may be enforced by the proper civil action.’ Gen. St. c. 6, § 17. Appellants having obtained for their client, Murray, the judgment against Nye, the statute immediately invested them with a lien thereon to the extent of their reasonable fees, remaining due and unpaid, for professional services rendered by them in obtaining the same. As between appellants and their client, nothing remained to be done to render such lien complete.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Graeber v. McMullin