Hayward v. Clark
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action to recover $17.42 for groceries. The case was referred, and the referee reported as follows: The writ was served November 11, 1875, On February 2, 1876, Reuben R. Thrall, claiming to have been employed as attorney by plaintiffs in 1871, to collect an account of $8.02, brought an action against defendant and said trustee in favor of plaintiffs, and obtained a judgment for that amount, which remains unsatisfied.
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This was an action to recover $17.42 for groceries. The case was referred, and the referee reported as follows: The writ was served November 11, 1875, On February 2, 1876, Reuben R. Thrall, claiming to have been employed as attorney by plaintiffs in 1871, to collect an account of $8.02, brought an action against defendant and said trustee in favor of plaintiffs, and obtained a judgment for that amount, which remains unsatisfied. That sum of $8.02 was included in and was a part of the $17.42 sought to be recovered in this action. Plaintiffs repudiate the employment of Thrall as their attorney,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
This suit was commenced November ll, 1875. Qp the 2d of February, 1876, another suit was commenced in the name of the plaintiffs against the defendant and this trustee, and was prosecuted to judgment in due course, which judgment has not been satisfied, but it is to be regarded as having the same force as when rendered. The account of. $17.42, on which this suit was brought, was for groceries furnished in 1872. The judgment in the other suit for $8.02 was part of, and included in, said sum of $17.42. It is said in the report that the other…
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