Truitt v. Darnell
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill and affidavits, and answering affidavits. The bill in this case is filed by Mary T. Truitt and others, owners of a hotel in Atlantic City, called the “Hotel De Ville,” and of'the furniture, goods and chattels therein contained, and seeks to restrain the defendant Albert H. Darnell from selling that property under a judgment in attachment-entered by him in Atlantic county circuit court against the complainants for fees alleged to be due him from them for services as…
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On bill and affidavits, and answering affidavits. The bill in this case is filed by Mary T. Truitt and others, owners of a hotel in Atlantic City, called the “Hotel De Ville,” and of'the furniture, goods and chattels therein contained, and seeks to restrain the defendant Albert H. Darnell from selling that property under a judgment in attachment-entered by him in Atlantic county circuit court against the complainants for fees alleged to be due him from them for services as their attorney-at-law. The complainants allege that about June 1st, 1901, they were the holders of a mortgage against the…
1Opinion of the Court
Grey, V. C.
The defendant is the surviving member of the firm of Sims & Darnell, attorneys-at-law, residing in Atlantic City. The complainants are four women living in Philadelphia. Sims & Darnell had acted as their attorneys in various suits and matters at law.
The complainants assert that Sims & Darnell were their employed attorneys at the very time they began the attachment suit, and continued to be while they were, unknown to the complainants, pressing it to judgment. The defendant Darnell declares that when the writ was issued there were no unsettled matters between them, other than the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Snyder v. TaylorNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1918
3Cited by4 opinions
- Wilmer v. EpsteinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1911
- Leighton v. NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD CO.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- In Re HosfordNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- Nugent v. HayesNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1924