Milne and Meek v F and Public Trustee - [1935] NZLR 142

Law Practitioners — Solicitor — Lien — Solicitors successful in Suit for Client to cancel Option to purchase Land at alleged gross Undervalue and regain Possession of Land — Land put into Custody of Court — Land sold by one of Solicitors as Mortgagee — Solicitors' Claim to Lien on Surplus after Payment of Mortgage and Costs of Sale — Whether Fruits of Litigation — Public Trustee Custodian of Estate of Client, a Mental Defective — Whether Court should direct Payment by Public Trustee of Judgment for Costs obtained by Solicitors against Client — Mental Defectives Act, 1911, ss 100 (m), (q), (r), and 114.