Central National Bank v. Spratlen
Colorado Court of Appeals
Appeal from the District Court of Pueblo Coicnty. • One L. C. Lane was a contractor grading streets in the city of Pueblo. From the city there was due or to become due something over $2,300, to be paid in city warrants.
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Appeal from the District Court of Pueblo Coicnty. • One L. C. Lane was a contractor grading streets in the city of Pueblo. From the city there was due or to become due something over $2,300, to be paid in city warrants. On June 22, 1893, Lane, being indebted to appellant in the sum of $1,198.37, assigned to it all money due and to become due from the city, the bank to convert the city warrants into money at the best advantage, pay itself all indebtness from Lane, and the balance remaining to be the property of Lane, the" assignor. On the 19th day of July the bank was garnisheed, at the suit…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, P. J.
This court must again protest against abstracts of the character of that filed in the present case. It is a mere index, and we are compelled to resort to the record for most of the important facts.
The judgment of the district court must be affirmed. Appellant was a bank engaged in business. Lane being indebted to it, assigned his entire claim against the city to it *433—first, to secure the indebtedness; second, as his agent, to collect for him the entire claim, pay itself, and hold the balance to be disposed of as directed by him. The assignment was only for the amount of the indebtedness; the…
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