Wright v. Mix

Hayne, C.

—Suit to declare a trust as to one third of a judgment recovered by the defendant, Mix, against one Henry Miller. It appears that Miller employed Mix, who was a searcher of records, to prepare an abstract of title to the Las Animas rancho to be used in a partition suit. A few days after the agreement, the defendant, Mix, with the consent of Miller, associated with himself another searcher (one Howes), and agreed that he should have one third of what should be obtained for their services. When the abstract was prepared, a dispute arose as to what was to be paid for it, no sum having…