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MORRIS v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

Gen. No. 46,732.

10 Ill. App.2d 24 (1956)

134 N.E.2d 21

Thomas M. Morris, Appellee, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Rehearing denied May 15, 1956.

Released for publication May 15, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Bierma, P.J. Cronin, Arthur L. Foster, and Charles F. White, all of Chicago, for appellant; Edward J. Fleming, of Chicago, of counsel.

Thomas M. Morris, of Chicago, for appellee; Henry E. Saks, of Chicago, of counsel.

JUDGE ROBSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action by Thomas M. Morris, petitioner, to enforce an attorney's lien for fees by virtue of an alleged contract with one John W. Shultz, which petitioner claimed entitled him to one-third of the amount of a $40,000 settlement that the respondent had made with Shultz after petitioner had been discharged as his attorney. The respondent defended on the ground that the contract was obtained by solicitation. After...

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