Meeks v. Dewberry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Contracts. Champerty. Before Judge Hall. Monroe Superior Court. February Term, 1876. . Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
This was a suit to recover money collected under a contract to the following effect: That if Meeks collected a ji. fa. on the administrators of Ponder, placed in his hands by Dewberry, he was to pay half of the amount collected to Dewberry, “he, the said Meelcs, to pay all costs on said suit if any accrues to him on said suit.” Meeks collected a certain amount of money in the bankrupt court, or from the assignee, and after paying Cabaniss & Turner, attorneys at law, $143 00 fees, deposited the rest in Lampkin’s bank, in Forsyth, which soon afterwards broke, and Dewberry sued…
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