Skillen v. Wallace

The substance of the complaint was, that the plaintiff was the owner of a valuable piece of ground, describing it, in the city of Indianapolis; that one Carlisle was wrongfully in possession of it; that he employed Walpole, who was an attorney at law, to bring and prosecute a suit for the recovery of possession, and damages for its detention. Walpole brought and prosecuted the suit; that the jury in that suit brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for the whole ground, which was of great value; that when the verdict was brought in by the jury, Walpole took and altered it so as to cover a very…