Richardson v. Lumsden
Richardson v. Lumsden
Opinion of the Court
Lumsden, as administrator, filed his petition, alleging, in substance, that Richardson, as administrator of Williams, in September, 1888, obtained two judgments against him in a justice’s court; that before suit was brought against him in the justice’s court, Richardson and his counsel told him that they desired to obtain j udgment against him as administrator, so that, if the Pitners, who had a suit pending against the petitioner in the superior court, obtained judgment against the petitioner, Richardson would have the oldest judgment against the petitioner, and could claim the money in the superior court in preference to the Pitners ; that if he would suffer said judgments to go against him, they would only use them for that purpose, and never seek to hold him liable. Acting upon this promise of Richardson and his attorneys, the petitioner acknowledged service in these suits in the justice’s court, and allowed judgment to be entered against him. Had they not promised to use the judgments only to claim money in the superior court in the event the Pitners recovered against the petitioner, the petitioner would have filed his defence to the suits in the justice’s court; he had no assets belonging to his intestate when suit was brought and when the judgments were recovered, which was well-known to Richardson and his attorneys; since they obtained said judgments, they have been dunning him for the money, and threatened in case he should fail or refuse to pay it, to bring suit upon his bond. He alleges that said judgments were thus obtained by fraud, and prays an injunction restraining Richardson from enforcing said judgments. Richardson filed his answer denying the material allegations in the petition. The court granted the injunction prayed for, and the defendant excepted and assigned error thereon.
We think the court erred in granting this injunction,
We think, therefore, that that the court erred in granting this injunction. Judgment reversed.
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- Richardson, administrator v. Lumsden, administrator
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