Commonwealth ex rel. Vanderpool v. Terry
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 43, Jan. T., 1899, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., May T., 1891, No. 98, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Assumpsit. Before Lynch, J., of the 11th judicial district* specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 43, Jan. T., 1899, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., May T., 1891, No. 98, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Assumpsit. Before Lynch, J., of the 11th judicial district* specially presiding. It appears from the record that this case was before the Supreme Court on appeal from the order of the court below refusing a rule to open the judgment which had been assigned to A. B. Markham as collateral security for certain fees and expenses due and becoming due to him and James Wood of Towanda. The order of the court was reversed, and an issue was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
In September, 1888, Martin Yanderpool employed A. B. Markham as his attorney, and through the latter retained James Wood to conduct the legal proceedings which, on September 7, 1891, resulted in the judgment which is the subject of this litigation. On June 6, 1892, the plaintiff, Yanderpool, executed a paper purporting to assign the judgment to A. B. Markham, *551which instrument contained this provision, viz: “ He (Markham) to collect and account to me therefor after deducting his fees, expenses, the fees and expenses o£ James Wood, of Towanda, Pa., who has been…
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