SCHLAKE v. LUMBERMENS MUT. CAS. CO.

Gen. No. 47,803.

25 Ill. App.2d 194 (1960)

166 N.E.2d 622

Theodore H. Schlake and George Yellen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, a corporation, Atlas Sheet Metal Corporation, also known as Atlas Sheet Metal Works, Inc., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Rehearing denied May 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore H. Schlake and George Yellen, of Chicago, pro se.

Peterson, Lowry, Rall, Barber, and Ross, of Chicago (A.R. Peterson, Harold W. Huff, and James C. Hormel, of counsel) for appellees.


JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs seek to recover fees under the Illinois Attorney's Lien Act. After a trial, judgment was entered for defendants. Plaintiffs appeal.

Sophie Fischer was injured September 23, 1952, while an employee of Corn Products Refining Company. She retained George E. Sankstone and George Yellen as her attorneys. In the course of representing her, Attorney Yellen...

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