BARNEY, Chief Justice.
In a discovery proceeding under V.R.C.P. 26, the plaintiffs below are seeking to examine a file which is in the custody of a lawyer who was their attorney in a real estate transaction. The lawyer is not a party to the law suit, but withheld the file claiming an attorney's lien based on an unpaid professional bill.
The trial court, confronted with this situation, issued an order requiring the attorney to allow the plaintiff to examine...
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