Nickerson v. Hollet

Appellants, as plaintiffs, began this action to recover from the defendants upon a certain claim or account which they alleged had been assigned to them. There is no dispute about the amount of the claim or that it was owing to someone.

Respondent intervened, claiming the same account, or chose in action, by assignment to it, and after a trial to the court, findings of fact were made in its favor upon which a judgment was entered. From that judgment the plaintiffs have appealed.

The primary and controlling question is one of fact. It is admitted that there was no written or legal assignment of…