Nash v. Hamilton

By the Court.*—Balcom, J.

On February 3, 1855, at the Delaware Circuit, the plaintiff obtained a verdict in this action for $75, for slanderous words spoken by the defendant of and concerning the plaintiff, and judgment was entered against the defendant upon such verdict on the 5 th day of May, 1855, for $196 47 damages and costs. Immediately *36after the entry of the verdict by the clerk on the 3d day of February, aforesaid, the plaintiff, to secure his attorney i'or services in the action, and for money lent to him and paid out for him by such attorney, executed and delivered to such attorney,…