Gallagher v. Monk
Gallagher v. Monk
Opinion of the Court
The appellant began this action in the circuit court of Minnehaha- county to recover on a contract assigning a judgment against defendants (respondents herein). The respondent Sehoe'neman Bros. Company demurred to the complaint on the grounds that the complaint did not state facts sufficient' to constitute a cause of action. An appeal was taken from the order of- the lower court sustaining the demurrer. The only question involved in this appeal is the validity of the order sustaining the demurrer. On September 10, 1922, appellant was the owner of
On November 22, 1923, said IT. E. Monk assigned the entire judgment he obtained from Gallagher to the respondent Schoeneman Bros. Company, who had knowledge that Monk did not havé full and complete title to the judgment; “that Monk possessed only a partial interest” to the extent of $2,500; and that Gallagher “had an interest for the amount that would be realized from the sale under special execution in excess of $2,500”; and that the assignment to Schoeneman Bros. Company by Monk was without -consideration. December 9, 1922, by virtue of a special execution on the judgment, the property was sold to the respondent Schoeneman Bros. Company for $33,000. At the date of said sale, the judgment of Gallagher, which had been assigned, amounted to $3,975.88, and the total judgments in said action aggregate $34,734.64. The amount received from' the sale by respondent Schoeneman Bros. Company on the Gallagher judgment was $3,696.65. After deducting $2,500, which amount the respondent was entitled to by the assignment of Monk's interest tinder the contract with Gallagher, there remained in excess a balance of $1,197.65 -due appellant under the terms of the. agreement of Monk an>d Gallagher. The respondent contends, in support of the- order sustaining the demurrer, that the agreement between Gallagher and Monk was a personal obligation, and was an absolute transfer of judgment from Gallagher to Monk, and
The assignment by Monk to respondent with full notice and without consideration admitted by the pleadings constitute a trust in respondent which should be enforced. Flagg v. Walker, 113 U. S. 659, 5 S. Ct. 697, 28 L. ed. 1072; Bisbee v. Mackay, 215 Mass. 21, 102 N. E. 327; Jones v. Kent, 80 N. Y. 585; Cook v. Bell, 114 Mich. 283, 72 N. W. 174. “A trust will be enforced against all persons who obtain it without consideration or with notice of trust.” Carlo Cavagnaro v. Jean Don et al, 63 Cal. 2277 Thompson v. Bank of California, 4 Cal. App. 660, 88 P. 987; Cottonwood County Bank v. Case et al, 25 S. D. 77, 125, N. W. 298; Luscombe v. Grigsby et al, 11 S. D. 408, 78 N. W. 357; 39 Cyc. 548, 528, 526.
The order of the lower court in sustaining the demurrer is-reversed and the case remanded.
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- GALLAGHER v. MONK
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