Crothers v. Lee
Supreme Court of Alabama
ERROR to the Chancery Court of Perry. Heard before the Hon. W. W. Mason. This bill was filéd by the plaintiff in error, as the administrator of Jack E. Eoss, deceased, against Columbus W. Lee and Silas M. Ivey ; seeking to hold Lee accountable, as trustee and attorney-at-law, for certain claims alleged to have been placed in his hands by said Ivey, to collect and pay over the proceeds to said Eoss, in payment of a debt owing to him by Ivey & Goodwin, of which firm said Ivey…
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ERROR to the Chancery Court of Perry. Heard before the Hon. W. W. Mason. This bill was filéd by the plaintiff in error, as the administrator of Jack E. Eoss, deceased, against Columbus W. Lee and Silas M. Ivey ; seeking to hold Lee accountable, as trustee and attorney-at-law, for certain claims alleged to have been placed in his hands by said Ivey, to collect and pay over the proceeds to said Eoss, in payment of a debt owing to him by Ivey & Goodwin, of which firm said Ivey was a partner. The material facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court. The chancellor dismissed the bill, on…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The bill in this case, which was dismissed by the chancellor, seeks relief against Lee'only. The allegation upon which the case of the complainant is based, is, that one Ivey, of the partnership of Ivey & Goodwin, being-indebted to Jack E. Ross, the complainant’s intestate, placed in the hands of Lee claims upon their debtors, in trust to collect the same and pay over the money to Ross, on his debt against Ivey & Goodwin, which Lee, as an attorney, then had for collection. Lee is also charged with neglecting the collection of those claims ; with an appropriation of money, when collected, to…
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