Barclay v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Contracts. Principal and agent. Attorney and client. Before Judge McCutchen. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1876. Reported in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jaokson, Judge.
Barclay sued Hopkins for the collection of certain money, on the following facts:
A receipt, as follows, was given by Hopkins to Balentine, the agent of Barclay: “Received of J. A. Barclay, for collection, a note given September 17,1866, by E. Kennedy, for five hundred dollars, and due one day after date.. This December 9, ’67. (Signed) John L. Hopkins, attorney at law.” When the agent gave the note to Hopkins, it was agreed between them that Hopkins should do the best he could to collect or compromise the claim; that he was to receive ten per cent.; that he was to correspond…
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