Pulver v. . Harris

The reversal of the judgment rendered upon the verdict found upon the first trial, and ordering another trial of the action, placed the cause for all purposes, except the costs of the former, in the same situation as though no trial had been had. The partial assignment of the judgment by the plaintiff to his attorney to secure his costs and counsel fee before the reversal, so far as the judgment was concerned, became a nullity. There was no longer any judgment in existence. The assignment of a judgment would also include the cause of action upon which it was rendered in case of a subsequent…