Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Carter v. Spencer

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 18, 1908No. 6,576PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Prom Vanderburgh Circuit Court; Louis O. Bosch, Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Prances Carter, against John W. Spencer and others. Prom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtRoby, J.

Appellee John W. Spencer was appointed by the Vanderburgh Circuit Court as a commissioner to sell real estate in a partition proceeding in which the relatrix was a party. The distributive share of relatrix amounted to $1,454.03. The real estate sold was recovered for Prances Carter, and a fund created for her by the law firm of Menzies, Spencer & Brill (of which John W. Spencer was a member)' as the result of extensive litigation which they conducted in the circuit court of the county and in this court (Phillips v. Heldt [1904], 33 Ind. App. 388), and they held *651an equitable lien for $510.16…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Standley v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Works v. DeCampIndiana Court of Appeals · 1907
  3. McMahan v. McMahanIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Stoner v. SwiftIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Carter v. CarterIndiana Court of Appeals · 1904

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Penn-American Plate Glass Co. v. Harshaw, Fuller & Goodwin Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1910

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