Jordan v. Gillen

This is an action of trespass, brought before a justice of the peace, and there tried upon the general issue, and a judgment rendered for the plaintiff; from which the defendant appealed. At the April term, 1862, of this court, the defendant pleaded a general release in bar of the further maintenance of the suit; to which the plaintiff replied that the suit was commenced and prosecuted by Albert Barker, the plaintiffs attorney, who had a lien for fees and advancements upon the judgment rendered by the justice; and that the attorney has continued to prosecute the suit, relying upon the…