Phillips v. Beatty
Phillips v. Beatty
Opinion of the Court
In his first point for charge the plaintiff, conceding the facts to be as claimed by defendants, asked the court to instruct the jury to render a verdict in his favor. That request was refused, and the learned judge, affirming the converse proposition of defendants, charged “ that, the facts being admitted to be as shown by the defendants, the plaintiff is not entitled to recover, and the verdict must be for the defendants.” The case was thus made to turn upon the facts as shown by defendants, and the decision was adverse to the plaintiff. In view of the facts shown by defendants, and conceded by plaintiff, we are not convinced that there was any error in the rulings complained of in the first and second specifications.
One of the facts referred to is that James Beatty was appealed to by one of his brothers to assist them in paying the judgments that were then pressing them, including that of the plaintiff, and he agreed to do so. For that purpose he called on the plaintiff, Mr. Phillips, about the 1st of September, 1881, and offered to pay the amount of his judgment; but he declined to act, and directed him to go to Mr. Kaine, and see him about it. James Beatty then saw Coldren, who had control of the executions, and proposed to pay the amount of them, provided
Judgment affirmed.
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- SOL. PHILLIPS v. SAM. BEATTY
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- 1. Where, at the request of a defendant in a judgment, his brother offered to pay the plaintiff in full, and was referred by the latter to K., his attorney, and under K.’s direction, he paid the amount to C., associated with K. as attorney of i'ecord, though personally unknown to the plaintiff, the payment to C. is a good defence to a subsequent revival of the judgment. 2. And this, notwithstanding the fact that, before the issuance of the writ of scire facias, a rule granted, upon the petition of the original plaintiff, to show cause why an assignment of the judgment made to the person so paying it and a satisfaction thereof entered by the latter should not be stricken from the record, had been made absolute.