Earnhart v. Robertson

Bill in chancery, filed January 15, 1851. The bill contains the following statements:

In the year 1841, Catharine Robertson, the plaintiff below, employed John Earnhai't, who was the defendant, to collect a sum of money, supposed to be 900 dollars, coming to her from the estate of her father, who died in Virginia. She gave him a power of attorney to collect and receipt for the money; and in the year 1842, he, defendant, went to Virginia for the purpose of collecting it, with the express understanding that, when collected, he was to retain 100 dollars as a full compensation for his time,…