MacKall v. Willoughby

Citations

• 167 U.S. 681
• 17 S. Ct. 954
• 42 L. Ed. 323
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2125

Syllabus

<p>Willoughby, being counsel for Mackall in three cases numbéred 2373 and 8118, both against Alfred Richards and 8038 Mackall v. Mackall, respectively, the latter agreed with him, after reciting the fact that, “ in consideration of the services of said W. Willoughby as such counsel performed and to be performed, he hereby agreeing to conduct .-. . No. 2373 to a final termination and adjudication by the court of last resort to the best of his-ability as such counsel, the said Brooke Mackall, Jr., hereby agrees to allow and pay to him as compensation for such services, in addition to what has already been received by him, a sum equal to fifty per cent of such money as may be adjudged to the said B. Mackall, Jr., . . . in . . . No. 8118, by way of mesne profits, damages and costs, provided that if such fifty per cent be less than $5000, the said W. Willoughby shall have such sum of $5000, and .... shall have a lien therefor upon said judgment and property as may be recovered against the said Alfred Richards.” The litigation referred to in the agreement related to lot 7, in square 223 in the city of Washington, on a portion of which the Palace Market was erected. Held that the lien thus given to Willoughby was on all the property that might be recovered in the three cases.</p>