Lovell v. Reid

The question presented is: When money belonging to R has remained in L’s possession for more than four years and is, when R demands it, voluntarily paid into the court by L for a determination of the question of ownership, can L, by raising the statute of limitations, (1) bar R’s right to have the money awarded to him or (2) establish his own right to the money?

The findings of fact made by the trial court, somewhat condensed, are as follows:

L, while acting as R’s attorney, settled a law suit in such a way that R recovered a judgment for one thousand dollars. L collected the money on October…