Arwshan v. Meshaka

This is a bill for an accounting, brought by the owners of land against one who managed it for them under a sealed power of attorney. A master found that there was due from the plaintiffs to the defendant a balance of $3,449.44, of which $1,461.38 consisted of obligations to various persons for labor and materials in erecting a building on the land for which the defendant had incurred personal liability but which he had not paid. The master found that the defendant is entitled to this balance only upon payment of “the existing unpaid obligations incurred by him.” The judge sustained the…