Johnson v. Gibbons
Supreme Court of Virginia
In January 1874, H. C. Gibbons gave notice to James M. Johnson that he would move the county court of Washington county to quash two executions, and also two writs, of venditioni exponas, which had been issued from the clerk’s office of said county court in the name of said Johnson against said Gibbons and others.
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In January 1874, H. C. Gibbons gave notice to James M. Johnson that he would move the county court of Washington county to quash two executions, and also two writs, of venditioni exponas, which had been issued from the clerk’s office of said county court in the name of said Johnson against said Gibbons and others. By consent the cases were removed to the circuit court of Washington county, and came on to *be heard in that court in February 1874. The material facts are as follows : In 1860, Bekem & Campbell, attorneys at law, practising in the county of Washington, received from Johnson two.…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The court is of opinion that there is no •error in the judgment. Johnson was promptly informed by his attorney, Bekem, •of the payment made to him on the 5th of April, 1862, in confederate money, upon his ■executions against Gibbons. Johnson admits that he made no reply to the letter of Mr. Bekem informing him of the payment; for which he assigns the very insufficient reason, that he had no authority to collect the debt for him. ’ Mr. Bekem was an attorney at law, engaged in the practice of his profession in connection with Mr. Campbell, in ' the firm name of Bekem & Campbell, when they…
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