Morris v. Scott

John I. Miller procured a judgment against W. R. and T. J. Lightfoot as principals and L. M. Morris as surety. An execution ivas issued thereon and was transferred to Thomas H. *788Scott, Miller’s attorney, for no other consideration than professional services rendered in the case in -which the judgment was obtained. Scott placed the .execution in the hands of the sheriff for levy. Morris, with knowledge that the execution had been transferred to Scott, voluntarily paid the same, and simultaneously deposited with the sheriff two executions which he, Morris, had purchased and which had been…