McCarver v. Nealey

Opinion by

Greene, J.

On the 4th of June, 1841, a judgment was rendered against James W. Nealey in favor of Morton M. McCarver, for the sum of $155 41. On the same day an assignment of it, purporting to be for value received, was made upon the margin of the judgment to Ira Todd and Sons. It appears that Joseph D. Learned, Esq., was the plaintiff’s attorney of record. He caused execution to be issued, and thereupon entered into an arrangement with Nealey, by which he, as attorney, gave him a receipt in full discharge of the judgment. Subsequently Todd and Sons, the judgment assignees, procured…