Collier v. Williams

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

This appeal, continuing litigation earlier reported in Collier v. Consolidated Cab Co., 591 S.W.2d 391 (Mo.App.1979), is prosecuted from an order directing Theodore Collier, the judgment creditor, and Thaine Q. Blumer, his attorney, to repay the sum of $19,-289.42 erroneously withdrawn from the registry of the court. The issues are whether recovery of the funds, admittedly paid over by mistake, may be accomplished in the manner attempted and whether client and counsel are jointly and severally liable.

The origin of the present problem was a garnishment by Collier, a…