Attorney's lien

The right of an attorney at law to hold or retain in his possession the money or property of a client until his proper charges have been adjusted and paid. It requires no equitable proceeding for its establishment.

Sweeley v. Sieman, 123 Iowa, 183, 98 N. W. 571.

Also a lien on funds in court payable to the client, or on a judgment or decree or award in his favor, recovered through the exertions of the attorney, and for the enforcement of which he must invoke the equitable aid of the court.

Fowler v. Lewis, 36 W. Va. 112, 14 S. B. 447; Jennings v. Bacon, 84 Iowa, 403, 51 N. W. 15; Ackerman v. Acketman, 14 Abb. Prae. (N. Y.) 229; Mosley v. Norman, 74 Ala. 422; Wright v. Wright, 70 N. Y. 98