Case Name: Nicoll and others, appellants, v. Nicoll, respondent, 16 Wend. 446
Court: New York Court for the Correction of Errors
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1799
Citations: 1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 37
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nicoll and others, appellants, v. Nicoll, respondent, 16 Wend. 446.
Judges: 
Reporter: Lockwood's Reversed Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 37–37

Head Matter:
Nicoll and others, appellants, v. Nicoll, respondent, 16 Wend. 446.
Attorney's Lien for Costs.

Opinion:
The Court of Errors, in this case held, that an attorney's lien for his costs is no bar to a bill in chancery, filed to obtain a set off against the client; nor is it a bar when the question arises on a trial at law. The decree of the Chancellor sustaining the lien was therefore reversed. 13 for reversal, 8 for affirmation.