Case Name: Whitcomb v. Straw
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1883-06
Citations: 62 N.H. 650
Docket Number: 
Parties: Whitcomb v. Straw.
Judges: Blodgett, J., did not sit: the others concurred.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 650–651

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.