Case ID: mann-unrep-cas_1/html/0001-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "De Blanc, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 4885.
    La Société de Bienfaisance des Arts et Metiers vs. William B. Morris & Co. et al.
    Aii agreement between an attorney at law and his client, that he shall retain as his fee one-half of the sum he collects on a claim, for which he has instituted or is about to institute suit, will be enforced.
    Appeal from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans. Cullom, J.
    
      Bartlette for Plaintiff Appellant. McEnery, Ellis & Ellis, for Respondent.
    
      The main, suit of La Société v. Morris, was decided and a settlement was made by compromise. One of the stipulations of this compromise was that Mr. Lingan, the attorney who collected the amount, was to receive one-half of the sum thus collected as his fee. The sum collected was $4,000. The plaintiff society transferred all its rights to another society, which appears to be its successor. This successor society repudiated the engagement with Mr. Lingan, and took a rule on him to pay over the sum retained by him.
   De Blanc, J.

Mr. Lingan received $4,000, and was to account for one-half thereof, less the expenses. He has done so. The indisputable contract between them was, that one-half of the net amount recovered should be paid to the corporation. He has performed his part of it. The rule was discharged below.

Judgment affirmed.