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  "name": "Frederick H. Case, Plaintiff, v. Emerson-Brantingham Company, Defendant; Emerson-Brantingham Company, Appellant, v. George A. Donnelly, Intervening Petitioner, Appellee",
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    "parties": [
      "Frederick H. Case, Plaintiff, v. Emerson-Brantingham Company, Defendant. Emerson-Brantingham Company, Appellant, v. George A. Donnelly, Intervening Petitioner, Appellee."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice McSurely\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nThis is a claim for an attorney\u2019s lien where the defendant made a settlement direct with the plaintiff, the attorney\u2019s client.' Plaintiff agreed with his counsel \u201cto pay me (the attorney) for said services a sum of money equal to one-half of whatever amount is received as damages out of said claim or cause of action.\u201d The amount which defendant paid plaintiff was $160. Defendant tendered the attorney $80, which was refused, the attorney claiming that he was entitled to $160. The trial court held with the attorney, and judgment for $160 was entered.\nThis court has heretofore construed a contract similar to this in the case entitled Czecziotka v. Hammond Glue Co., 185 Ill. App. 559, and we are not persuaded by the able argument of counsel either that that decision was erroneous or that this case can be distinguished- from that. Applying what we there said to the facts now before- us, if the plaintiff, Case, after receiving $160 from defendant had offered to pay his attorney the amount he had agreed to pay him, namely, \u201cone-half of whatever amount is received,\u201d clearly the attorney would not be entitled to more than $80 from Ms client. How then can it be said that should Case fail to pay his attorney this amount, the defendant, who, under the statute, thereupon became burdened with Case\u2019s promise, is obligated for double this amount? That this cannot be so seems to us self-evident. The amount of the liability of defendant in this case is determined by the amount of the liability of the plaintiff to his attorney.\nWe hold that the judgment was erroneous, but as the error in the judgment affects only the amount, judgment will be entered here against appellant for $80, costs here to be paid by appellee.\nReversed and judgment here.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice McSurely"
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      "Ralph F. Potter, for appellant.",
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    "head_matter": "Frederick H. Case, Plaintiff, v. Emerson-Brantingham Company, Defendant. Emerson-Brantingham Company, Appellant, v. George A. Donnelly, Intervening Petitioner, Appellee.\nGen. No. 20,326.\nAttorney and client, \u00a7 119 \u2014how amount of attorney's fee computed on settlement direct with client. An agreement between an attorney and bis client provided that the client would pay the attorney for his services in a certain matter a sum of money \u201cequal to one-half of whatever amount is received as damages out of said claim.\u201d It was held that on a direct settlement between the parties of the claim to which the agreement related the attorney was entitled to receive from the defendant an amount equal to one-half of the amount for which the defendant had Settled with the client, not an amount equal to that which the client had been paid. Following Czecziotka v. Hammond Glue Co., 185 Ill. App. 559.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Adelor J. Petit, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the March term, 1914.\nReversed and judgment here.\nOpinion filed December 21, 1914.\nRalph F. Potter, for appellant.\nRankin, Howard & Donnelly, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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