Van Winkle v. King

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Lassing

Affirming.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Whitley Circuit Court, in which the appellee, King, and his law partner, C. W. Lester, as plaintiffs, sought to recover of Jqhn S. Van Winkle the sum of $200, in consideration of their giving their consent that he might settle a certain law suit upon such terms as he could make with appellee’s clients, the Anderson heirs. It appears that the heirs of Jacob Anderson had sued one John Y. LeMoyne for an interest in a tract of land containing about 8,000 acres. LeMoyne had acquired title to this land through…