BRYAN, District Judge.
By petition in this cause Sidney H. Kelsey, a practitioner at this bar, asserts a lien against the libelant's recovery for his fee for services as libelant's proctor in the early stage of the claim and litigation. Bases for the claim are a written contract and quantum meruit, implemented by the charging lien at common law and under the statute, Va. Code 1950, § 54-70.
The agreement authorized the petitioner to make claim and receipt...
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