Grangier v. Hughes
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from special term. This was a motion by Anna Grangier against William D. Hughes and Henry J Morris, to compel them to pay a judgment recovered against them. The motion was denied, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTruax, J.
The papers on this appeal show that the plaintiff had employed the defendants as her attorneys to collect a certain claim for her; that they .collected such claim, but that they did not pay over to her the amount of money that they had collected for her. A demand was made on the attorneys for the amount which the appellant claimed remained in their possession. This •demand was not complied with, and then the plaintiff brought an action to recover the amount remaining unpaid, and recovered judgment for that •amount, with costs. Execution was issued on such judgment, and was returned wholly…
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