Rutland v. Cobb

The opinion of the Oourt was delivered by

Levy, J.

Plaintiff brings this suit to recover from defendant the • *858sum of three thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-six cents, alleged to have been collected by defendant, in his capacity as attorney, and to belong to the estate of John J. Hasby and his minor and other heirs, and which sum has not been paid over by defendant. The answer alleges that the suit was maliciously brought for the purpose of defaming and injuring defendant in his business as an attorney-at-law ; that defendant has rendered important services to plaintiffs,…