Evans v. Watrous
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was an action of assumpsit, commenced by the plaintiff, in the Circuit Court of Shelby. The declaration charged the defendant with negligence, as an attorney at law — in this, to wit, that before the. institution of the said suit, the plaintiff had entrusted to tlie care and management of the defendant, for collection and suit, a certain note or obligation, drawn by one May, in favor of one Evans, for the sum of two hundred dollars, and by one Hutchison, indorsed to the…
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This was an action of assumpsit, commenced by the plaintiff, in the Circuit Court of Shelby. The declaration charged the defendant with negligence, as an attorney at law — in this, to wit, that before the. institution of the said suit, the plaintiff had entrusted to tlie care and management of the defendant, for collection and suit, a certain note or obligation, drawn by one May, in favor of one Evans, for the sum of two hundred dollars, and by one Hutchison, indorsed to the plaintiff. That suit had been commenced, and judgment obtained on the same, but that the defendant had neglected to…
1Opinion of the Court
By Mr. Justice Hitchcock
This was an action brought by Evans vs. Watrous, in the Circuit Court of Shelby county, for negligence as an attorney. There was a demurrer to the declaration, which was sustained, and judgment was rendered against Evans, and one Uriah Jordan, as his security for costs.
The declaration states, that the plaintiff below, had placed in the hands of the defendant, a certain writing obligatory, signed by one Benjamin May, dated 23d January, 1826, for two hundred dollars, payable 25th December, 1826, in favor of, and endorsed by one Jesse J. Evans; that it was also endorsed…
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