People ex rel. Hungate v. Cole
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an information, filed in this court, on the relation of John H. Hungate, against Almond B. Cole, an attorney of this court, to have his name stricken from the roll for a refusal to pay over money collected by him as an attorney at law. The material facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Cttbiam:
In the information filed, hut a single charge is made against respondent, viz: In his official capacity as an attorney at law, he collected the amount of a judgment in the case of Bobert B. Bussell, against George W. Calvert, and refused, on demand made, to pay the proceeds to Hungate, the agent of plaintiff, or to plaintiff in his lifetime, or to his administrator since his death.
Bespondent admits, the law firm of which he was a member obtained a judgment in Harch, 1870, in the case of Bussell against Calvert, for the sum of $300, and costs, amounting to $14.40; that in August,…
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