Case Name: Isadore M. Cohen v. Joseph Goldberger et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-12-04
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 861
Docket Number: No. 17707
Parties: Isadore M. Cohen v. Joseph Goldberger et al.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 861–861

Head Matter:
No. 17707
Isadore M. Cohen v. Joseph Goldberger et al.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Hamilton county.
45. ATTORNEY AND CLIENT.
Lien of attorney for fees and costs earned in litigation — Claim for has priority over debts to general creditors, and in this case superior to those of a partnership of which he was a member.

Opinion:
MATTHIAS, J.
1. The right of an attorney to payment of fees earned in the prosecution of litigation to judgment, though usually denominated a lien, rests on the leiquity of such attorney to be paid out of the judgment by him obtained and is upheld on the theory that his services and skill created the fund.
2. Such claim, together with costs and other expenses of procuring the judgment, has priority over those of general creditors of the plaintiff, and under the facts in this case is superior to those of general creditors of a partnership of which plaintiff was a member who seek to obtain the proceeds of such judgment as assets of the partnership.
Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.