Case ID: nh_62/html/0650-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      Stanley, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Whitcomb v. Straw.
    An attorney’s lien on a judgment recovered by his client is security for taxable costs only.
    The plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant on ■which his counsel claimed a lien for their fees and disbursements. At the same term, in another action, Straw recovered a judgment against Whitcomb, which he moved to offset against the plaintiff’s judgment.
    
      P. B. Currier and J. M. Shirley, for the plaintiff.
    
      Barnard $ Barnard, for the defendant.
   Stanley, J.

The plaintiff’s counsel have a lien on the judgment against the defendant to the extent only of the taxable costs. Shapley v. Bellows, 4 N. H. 347, 353; Wright v. Cobleigh, 21 N. H. 339, 341; Young v. Dearborn, 27 N. H. 324, 327; Currier v. Railroad, 37 N. H. 223, 226; Wells v. Hatch, 43 N. H. 246.

Case discharged.

Blodgett, J., did not sit: the others concurred.