Ruble v. Cohn

John Cohn, the defendant in error, had Andrew J. Ruble, the plaintiff: in error, arrested and lodged in jail on the charge of being guilty of the crime known as “confidence game,” through which Cohn claimed he had lost a stock of goods. While Ruble was in jail on the charge, he employed a lawyer to look after his interest. The lawyer, with Ruble’s consent, proposed to Cohn a compromise of the difficulty to the end that Ruble might be discharged from jail by agreement and Cohn have back his stock of goods. The details of the compromise are not important to the determination of the questions…