Plummer v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Citations

• 60 Wash. 214
• 110 P. 989
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1030

Syllabus

<p>Attorney and Client — Contingent Fees — Assignment of Claim. An agreement to pay attorneys a contingent fee for the prosecution of a claim does not act as an assignment of a part of the claim, which is necessary to create an interest in a future recovery.</p> <p>Attorney and Client — Fees—Lien—Statutes. An action pending in some court in this state is necessary to secure to an attorney a lien under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 136, subd. 3, giving an attorney a lien for his compensation upon money in the hands of the adverse party in an action or proceeding in which the attorney is employed.</p> <p>Attorney and Client — Fees—Right of Attorney — Foreign Statute. An attorney prosecuting an action for-personal injuries in the courts of British Columbia under the workmen’s compensation act, which precludes the attorney from taking any part of the recovery as a fee except such as is awarded by the arbitrator, cannot, after accepting the arbitrator’s award, claim any other interest in, or lien upon, the recovery.</p>