Scobey v. Ross

Assumpsit by Nancy Ross against John S. Scobey, for money had and received. Plea, the general issue. Trial by the Court, and judgment for the plaintiff. The facts of the case may be briefly stated. Mrs. Ross made a contract with Scobey and Test, as follows: “ Greensbmg, Indiana, September 21, 1846. I, Nancy Cole, alias Nancy Ross, have employed Charles H. Test and John S. Scobey as attorneys to collect a judgment rendered by the judges of the Decatur Circuit Court in chancery sitting, in my favor, against John Ross, in a suit for divorce, for five hundred dollars, and I agree to pay to said…