Yantis v. Burdett
Yantis v. Burdett
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
On the 7th August, 1832, Yantis filed'his bill against stating that on the i 1th May, 1829,he together with Bepjamin F. Yantis and Joseph P. Letcher executed their promissory note to said Burdett, the defendant, payable on the 11th November thep next, for the sum of one thousand dollars; that some time thereafter Bur-dett cpmpienp.ed suit against the complainant in the cir-court °f Garrard county in the State of Kentucky, and that at the September court of the said year, judgr was rendered ip said suit, for the sum due, and in~ at rat,e of six per cent, per year until paid, sub-however to a deduction for interest paid until the first day of July, 1831; and that said Burdett then insti-suit 'P the circuit court of Lafayette in this State, the complainant, on the judgment so rendered in Kentucky, and at the June terpi thereof for the year 1832, ^ judgment against the complainant for the sum of ope thousand dollars debt and fifty dive dollars thirty-eight and half cents damages. The complainant then alledges that or about the first day of July, 1831, Benjamin F. Yaptis, one of the makers of the promissory note aforesaid, paid the defendant one hundred dollars, for which no cre(ht was given, and that Burdett the defendant caused be taken on execution in Kentucky property in the possession of the complainant to satisfy the judgment aforesaid, to the amount of about seven hundred and thirty dollars, which property was claimed by one John Buford, who, in compliance with the laws of Kentucky, gave the Sheriff for the use of said Burdett, his bond for tlje
JBurdett answering admits the origin of the debt, the judgment and the proceedings under it in Kentucky, but says that the property levied on was valued at only four hundred and ninety-five dollars, and that ho has not yet made any thing from the property so levied on: he admits that the complainant is entitled to a credit of ten dollars and thirty-nine cents, the amount of money by him received for- property of the complainant sold in Kentucky to satisfy said judgment.
He admits also the payment of one hundred dollars, but says that it was applied to the payment of the interest accrued before the judgment in Kentucky. The complainant replied to the answer and the circuit court decreed for thecomplainant,making the injunction'perpetual as to five hundred and five dollars and thirty-nine cents.
On the part of the complainant, it is contended, that ■this case is one of exclusive chancery jurisdiction. He admits, that, if property to the full amount of the execution had been levied,on, such levy might have been pleaded in bar; but such not being the case he has no relief at law. We are not told what he pleaded in the circuit court, but it appears that he detained the plaintiff at law two terms in that court, and that it was not until after judgment was obtained against him at law that he applied to the chancery court for relief. From his own account two judgments have been obtained against him since the payment of the sum of one hundred dollars by Benjamin F. Yantis on or about the -first day of July, 1831, and he does not pretend, that he could not have pleaded that payment in the first action. But after leaving the State of Kentucky and coming to Missouri, he delays the defendant to this bill in his action at law as long as*by the rules of practice he could do, and then the reasons assigned by him, for claiming the protection of a court of chancery are, that while he was leaving the State of Kentucky, the property of another person, viz: Buford was taken in execution to satisfy this same debt,
This court therefore do order and decree that the circuit court dissolve its injunctions in this cause, and ter up a decree in favor of the defendant Burdett for the amount enjoined and ten per cent damages on that amount, and cause the same to be collected on execution and to be brought into that court, to be disposed of in the manner following, to-wit : The sum of one dollar and 82 cents with interest thereon from 1st July 1831, and the sum often dollars and 39 cents with interest on from the 1st day of January 1832, at the rate of 6 per cent per year in both instances, being first. deducted, the remainder shall be paid over to Burdett he having first assigned over to Yantis all the interest which he may have acquired by the suit instituted in Kentucky on the replevin bond above mentioned, and all the interest which he may hereafter acquire by said ■ suit — and Yantis having also before said assignment by said Bur-dett, paid to said Burdett the legal costs already incurred in said suit, or hereafter to be incurred before an end can be put to the prosecution thereof, and the said cuit court of Lafayette county is hereby directed to retain under its control, the money to be collected oh the said decree, until the said Burdett and the said Yantis comply with the order and decree in this cause made, and if the said Yantis fail to pay over in the manner directed by this court to Burdett the costs of the said suit, in the state of Kentucky, then the circuit court of Lafayette county shall pay over to Burdett the sum of money due to him by virtue of this decree, making the deduction above mentioned, and leave Yantis to seek his remedy in Kentucky.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- John Yantis v. Nelson Burdett
- Status
- Published