Merchants' Protective Ass'n v. Jacobsen
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Elmore County. Hon. Edward A. Walters, Judge. Action for debt. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appealed. “In the United States the doctrines of maintenance and champerty have not generally found favor.” (Roberts v. Cooper, 20 How. (U. S.) 467, 15 L. ed. 969; Boon v. Chiles, 10 Pet. (U. S.) 177, 9 L. ed. 388; Barrell v. Mohawk, 8 Wall. (U. S.) 153, 19 L. ed. 406; Armstrong v. Toler, 11 Wheat.
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APPEAL from tbe District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Elmore County. Hon. Edward A. Walters, Judge. Action for debt. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appealed. “In the United States the doctrines of maintenance and champerty have not generally found favor.” (Roberts v. Cooper, 20 How. (U. S.) 467, 15 L. ed. 969; Boon v. Chiles, 10 Pet. (U. S.) 177, 9 L. ed. 388; Barrell v. Mohawk, 8 Wall. (U. S.) 153, 19 L. ed. 406; Armstrong v. Toler, 11 Wheat. (U. S.) 258, 6 L. ed. 468; 3 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 1st ed., 73.) It does not exist in California. (Mathewson v. Fitch, 22 Cal.…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint and dismissing plaintiff’s alleged cause of action. The material allegations of the complaint are as follows:
Appellant is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Utah, carrying on a general business of publishing credit ratings of firms and corporations and furnishing commercial information and adjusting and collecting delinquent and disputed accounts and claims for an agreed commission or rate of compensation. On about the 3d of June, .1903, respondent delivered to appellant for collection a…
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