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Martin v. Pope
Citations: 226 Ark. 522; 290 S.W.2d 849; 1956 Ark. LEXIS 480Docket: 5-966
Court: Supreme Court of Arkansas; June 4, 1956; Arkansas; State Supreme Court
Appellees Carl Pope and wife, along with Bradley Lumber Company, filed a lawsuit to quiet title to two adjacent 20-acre tracts of land. Appellants Lummie Martin and Obilee Thomas intervened in the proceedings. The court ruled in favor of the appellees, quieting their title and dismissing the appellants' intervention based on their testimony that they had sold their interest in the land and no longer claimed any rights to it. Subsequently, appellees filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, supported by affidavits from both appellants stating that they had not employed an attorney, were not currently represented, and had no interest in the land after the sale. The appellants expressed that they had not authorized anyone to appeal the court's decision and were unaware of the appeal until informed by outside sources. The court noted that established law allows clients to discontinue or settle litigation without their attorney's consent, as highlighted in previous cases. The court sustained the motion to dismiss the appeal but acknowledged the attorney's right to pursue any lien for services rendered, indicating that the dismissal was without prejudice to such rights.