Chevalon v. Schmidt

The plaintiffs obtained a rule on the defendant to show cause, why he should not pay the balance due on a judgment against him in their favor, it being for money alleged to have been collected as an attorney at law,- or such further order be taken in the premises as the law directs. The court discharged the rule, being of opinion that, as the plaintiffs had brought suit in the ordinary form, and prosecuted it to a judgment, it was a merger of the debt, and a waiver of all proceedings against the defendant as an attorney at law. From this judgment the plaintiffs have appealed.

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