Nave v. Clark
Nave v. Clark
Opinion of the Court
Bill in chancery. It is alleged that one William C. Cline, on the 8th of Jme, 1850, obtained a judgment before Meloge, a justice of the peace, against one James Dugan, which was recovered for the use of Clark, the appellee, though not so entered on the justice’s docket; that prior to the institution of the suit in which said judgment was rendered, Clark was indebted to Dugan,
In vacation, the president judge of the Court granted an injunction, which, upon answer, exhibits and depositions, Nave, at the next succeeding term of the Court, moved to dissolve. This motion was overruled, and Nave appeals to this Court.
The answer alleges that Nave received the assignment of the judgment in payment of a debt due to him from Dugan, without any intention whatever of defrauding Clark; that the assignment to Nave was made prior to the assignment to Clark; and that Dugan was solvent and able to pay the judgment which Clark holds against him. The residue of the bill is not either directly admitted or denied.
The facts charged in the bill present a case clearly within the jurisdiction of a Court of Equity; and the decision of this cause must turn alone upon the evidence. We have looked into the depositions, and are decidedly of opinion that the answer, so far as it denies the allegations in the bill, is disproved, and that the evidence fully sustains the ruling of the Court below.
The decree is affirmed with costs.
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