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NEWMAN v. MELTON TRUCK LINES, INC.

No. 71-1055.

443 F.2d 896 (1971)

Lee A. NEWMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MELTON TRUCK LINES, INC., and Bobby R. Bolton, Defendants, Philip Mansour, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Mansour, pro se. Martin A. Kilpatrick, Greenville, Miss., for appellant.

S. Ira Pittman, Jr., Greenville, Miss., W. Scott Welch, III, Jackson, Miss., Fred C. DeLong, Jr., Greenville, Miss., Frank W. Hunger, Greenville, Miss., Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, THORNBERRY and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The intervenor-appellant here complains of the inadequacy of the fee allowed him by the trial court as a result of his rights under employment as counsel for the successful litigant in a personal injury damage suit, when the former client released him and hired other counsel who pursued the matter to a settlement with the alleged tort feasor.

Mr. Mansour was engaged on a one-third contingent fee by Mr. Newman in his suit against Melton Truck Lines...

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