Legal Opinion

Windsor v. Brown

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided November 17, 1885PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Petition for an order of court requiring the respondent to pay over certain moneys collected by him as the petitioner’s attorney.

1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.

The petitioner asks for an order of the court requiring the respondent, an attorney at law, to pay'over a balance'of money due to her upon an execution which she holds against him. It is admitted that he collected a claim for her; that, upon a disagreement between them about the amount he was entitled to retain for services, she brought suit against him and recovered judgment; and that he has paid over to her something more than he claimed he ought to pay, but less than the amount of the judgment in her favor. As stated in Burns v. Allen, ante, p. 32, it is not the province of the court, in a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bohanan v. PetersonNew York Supreme Court · 1833
  2. Cottrell v. FinlaysonNew York Supreme Court · 1850

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Felton v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936

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