Upon  appeal  it  was  held  that  the  court  had  power  to  compel
compliance  with  its  own  order  in  this  manner,  though"  it  might
also  have  proceeded  to  enforce  the  order  by  proceedings  in  the
nature  of  contempt.4

Where  the  client  offers  to  give  security  for  the  amount  that
may  be  found  due  to  his  attorney,  the  latter  should  be  ordered
to  deliver  op  the  papers  on  security  being  given,  especially  if
there  be  any  doubt  in  regard  to  the  validity  of  bis  claim.6

134.  It  is  sometimes  proper  for  the  court  to  determine  the
existence  and  amount  of  the  lieu,  and  to  establish  the  condition
upon  which  the  attorney  shall  deliver  up  the  property.  Upon  a
bill  in  equity  for  the  removal  of  a  trustee  in  a  deed  of  trust,  and

1  Unison  o.  Bolland,  4   My].  &  C.  SM,  a  Wartmnon    c.    Edge,    9    Sim.   SOS  ;

BM, per Cottenhua, L.C. ;  Hetlopr.  Met-  Young  v.  English,  7  Bear.  10.
Cftlfe,  3  Hjl.  &  C.  183 ;  ColegrsTS  v.  Man-  *  Tillman  e.  Reynolds,  4S  Aim.  36ft.
lay,  T.  &  R.  400;  Brown  c.  Bigley,  3  »  Greenfield  v.  Mayor,  2B  Hnn,  330.
Tens.  Ch.  818,  per  Cooper,  C.;  JnreWil-  *  Cunningham  v.  Wiling,  9  Abb.  Pr.
•on,  19  Fed.  Rep.  !33,  per  Brown,  J.,  96  413.
Alb.  L.  J.  9T1.
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