Whitehead v. Wells

Williams, Sp. J.

The plaintiff brought suit against defendant in the Drew circuit court, on the 8th of March, 1871. In the complaint he states that about the 6th day of June, 1861, plaintiff, with one James H. May, employed defendant and his law partner, who is not sued, as attorneys and 11 agents ” to collect and receive moneys for him from various persons, to be paid over to plaintiff. That May, on or about the 11th day of May, 1862, assigned and transferred his right in said claims in the schedule exhibited to plaintiff; that the defendant, as such attorney, received money from divers…