Whitehead v. Fitzpatrick
Supreme Court of Georgia
Administrators and Executors. Attorney and Client. Set-off. Before Judge Pottde. • Warren Superior Court. October Term, 1876. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
Henry Fitzpatrick, as administrator of H. Martin, filed a petition in Warren superior court, at October term, 1876, praying for a rule nisi against James Whitehead as an attorney. In this petition he stated the following facts: that on the 4th of February, 1875, Martin, then in life, placed with Whitehead for collection various claims, and amongst them a note and account on Robert Felt, which note and account were collected by Whitehead, and which collection he refused to pay over to the petitioner. The petition further alleged the insolvency of Martin’s estate, and prayed that…
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