Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 30.200 (2026)
Repealed, 1976
✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Fee of attorney for plaintiff -- Lien for -- Effect of compromise. History: Repealed 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 12. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 107.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1942–1981 · leading case: Land v. Newsome, 614 S.W.2d 948 (Ky. 1981).
Land v. Newsome, 614 S.W.2d 948 (Ky. 1981). “Respondent Friend argues that the Special Fund cannot now collaterally attack a *949 final order of the Board, and in the alternative, that if the Fund may now attack the Board's order he has a statutory lien on the award to the extent of his attorney fee pursuant to KRS 30.200…”
Arny v. Johnson, 443 S.W.2d 543 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “KRS 30.200. The trial court entered summary judgment “allowing” the lien but precluding its enforcement except in limited circumstances.”
Howell v. Highland Cemetery Co., 181 S.W.2d 44 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944). “The attorney is entitled to his proportionate share of the fee assessed against the interest due to date and the balance of the-share assessed against the principal when the bonds become due and are paid to the bondholders, and under KRS 30.200 he is entitled to a lien for the…”
Jellico Coal Mining Co. v. Pope, 166 S.W.2d 287 (Ky. Ct. App. 1942). “Not only did Robinson receive $200, but he received something else which, obviously, he and the appel *174 lands considered something of value; namely, his employment as a machine man for as long as his work was satisfactory and the Company had such work.”
United States v. Bates, 158 F. Supp. 32 (E.D. Ky. 1957). “§ 30.200 in the sum of $1,200 for services rendered as attorney for Sam J.”
Brown v. Ingram's Ex'x, 168 S.W.2d 31 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “The -lien to which an attorney is entitled for his services under KRS 30.200 attaches at the commencement of his ser'v *705 ices.”
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