O'BYRNE v. SCOFIELD

No. 16138.

212 P.2d 867 (1949)

120 Colo. 572

O'BYRNE v. SCOFIELD.

Supreme Court of Colorado, en Banc.

November 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin E. Sweet, Denver, John S Poyen, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Ivor Wingren, Denver, for defendant in error.


STONE, Justice.

On February 10, 1927, O'Byrne contracted with one McNeill to act as his attorney in proceedings to enforce a lien on certain mining property, on which O'Byrne also claimed a lien, for a fee of one-third the recovery and with right to employ other counsel to assist him. A few weeks later, O'Byrne engaged Scofield to assist him in prosecuting this claim, and by instrument in writing, assigned to Scofield a one...

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