Lynchburg Shoe Co. v. Gladney

According to the testimony of the defendant, the indebtedness of a tenant to the defendant was to be assumed by the attorney at law who held for collection the claims of the plaintiff, as the tenant wished to terminate his contract relations with the defendant and to become a tenant of the attorney; and this amount, together with an additional amount due the defendant by the attorney himself on his individual note, was, by agreement between them, to be credited on the plaintiff’s claims; and, according to the testimony of the defendant, the attorney offered to pay the defendant the amount due…