Green & Miller v. Brengle

Citations

• 84 Va. 913
• 6 S.E. 603
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 166

Syllabus

<p>1. Judgment—Payment—Reversal.—Where a decree is collected, the money paid to plaintiff’s attorneys and disposed of as he directs, after reversal action will not lie against the attorneys to recover the money paid by a defendant that did not appeal, because of want of privity between him and them. Bank of U. S. v. Bank of W., 6 Peters, 8.</p> <p>2. Idem—Debtor’s remedy.—Remedy of defendant paying the decree was by motion, rule, or petition in the suit wherein the decree was rendered, to compel the creditor to refund. Fleming v. Riddick, 5 Gratt., 272.</p>