23-2-102 - Lien on right of action.

23-2-102. Lien on right of action.

Attorneys and solicitors of record who begin a suit shall have a lien upon the plaintiff's or complainant's right of action from the date of the filing of the suit.

[Acts 1899, ch. 243, § 1; Shan., § 3592a1; mod. Code 1932, § 8035; Acts 1969, ch. 310, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 29-202.]