Nickels v. Kane's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Scott county, entered 21st August, 1884, in the cause of James L. Shoemaker, administrator of H. S. Kane, deceased, against W. H. Nickels, seeking to enforce by foreign attachment the collection of a conditional fee, which is set up in the bill. The circuit court decreed that complainant recover of defendant the sum of $2,178.18, with interest from the date of the decree till paid, and costs. From this decree defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lacy, J.,
’delivered the opinion of the court.
The suit is a foreign attachment in equity, brought by the administrator of Henry S. Kane, deceased, against the appellant, Wm. H. Nickels, who is a non-resident, under the 11th sec. of chap. 148, Va. Code. There were certain debts, evidenced by the bond of the defendant, which were not controverted. The controversy has arisen, and the contest in this court is over and concerning the following agreement, marked Exhibit “C.:”
We promise to pay Henry S. Kane ten per cent, on the amount that he may succeed in getting the decree reduced, which has been…
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