Scearce v. Scearce

Assumpsit by Stephen Scearce, the plaintiff below, against Ezra W Scearce, who was the defendant, for money had and received, money paid, money lent, and money due on an account stated. Plea, the general issue. The Court tried the cause and found for the plaintiff. New trial refused and judgment.

The case is this. Armstead Doss, on the 9th of May, 1848, executed to Ezra W. Scearce, the defendant, a deed, whereby he sold and delivered to him certain goods and chattels, in trust for his, Doss’s, creditors therein named, among whom was Stephen Scearce, the plaintiff. The deed empowered the…