Pittsburgh v. O'Brien

Citations

• 239 Pa. 60
• 86 A. 651
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 521

Syllabus

<p>Attorneys-at-law — Fees—Docket fees — City solicitor — Act of March 7,1901, P. L. SO, and June SO, 1901, P. L. 586 — Act of February SS, 18S1, P. L. 50.</p> <p>1. The docket or attorney fee provided by the Act of February 22, 1821, P. L. 50, belongs to an attorney-at-law by virtue of his office, and not to his client.</p> <p>2. A city solicitor cannot be deprived of his docket fees in litigá-tion conducted for the city unless he has agreed by contract or is required by statute as a condition of his appointment to turn his docket fees over to the city.</p> <p>3. There is nothing in the Acts of March 7, 1901, P. L. 20, or June 20, 1901, P. L. 586, which will deprive a city solicitor of a city of the second class of his docket fees. The words “fees and perquisites” in the later act do not include' docket fees. They refer only to fees to which the title is in the city.</p>