Tilford & Anderson v. Burnham

Tilford and Anderson having sued one Ewell on two promissory notes for about six hundred dollars, the attorney'who prosecuted their actions agreed to institute and prosecute an action, also, for Thompson Burnham, on a note he held on Ewell, for about eight hundred dollars; but, as he doubted whether he could make both debts, he undertook for Burnham, on the express condition that, in the event of a conflict of interest, Tilford and Anderson should be preferred, and be entitled to priority.

Accordingly, judgments having been obtained for both parties at the same term, but for Tilford and…