Mansfield v. Wilkerson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lucas District Court. This is a summary proceeding, under chapter 13d of 'the [Revision of 1860, on a motion by a client against his attorney for an order requiring the attorney to pay over money collected. There was judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. The further necessary facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Plaintiff was the owner of a note and mortgage executed by one Baum upon certain real estate in Lucas county. He left the same, about 1861, for collection, in the hands of a law firm, then doing business in Chariton, and also had an agent there. Plaintiff went to Texas and remained away until about the time of making this motion. His agent some time after that went to Montana territory, and his attorneys, after bringing suit upon the note and for foreclosure of the mortgage, against the mortgagor alone, also removed from the State and left the claim with the defendant for collection, etc. The…
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