Opinion
Decided June, 1883.
An attorney's lien on a judgment recovered by his client is security for taxable costs only.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant on which his counsel claimed a lien for their fees and disbursements. At the same term, in another action, Straw recovered a judgment against Whitcomb, which he moved to offset against the plaintiff's judgment.
F. D. Currier and J. M. Shirley, for the plaintiff.
Barnard Barnard, for the defendant.
The plaintiff's counsel have a lien on the judgment against the defendant to the extent only of the taxable costs. Shapley v. Bellows, 4 N.H. 347, 353; Wright v. Cobleigh 21 N.H. 339, 341; Young v. Dearborn, 27 N.H. 324, 327; Currier v. Railroad, 37 N.H. 223, 226; Wells v. Hatch, 43 N.H. 246.
Case discharged.
BLODGETT, J., did not sit: the others concurred.