State ex rel. Lane v. Ballinger

Citations

• 41 Wash. 23
• 82 P. 1018
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1061

Syllabus

<p>Infants — Guabdian Ad Litem — Authority — Satisfaction of Judgment. A guardian ad litem appointed to prosecute an action for a minor has power to satisfy the judgment obtained.</p> <p>Attorney and Client — Authority to Satisfy Judgment of Infant. An attorney employed by a guardian ad litem to prosecute an action for a minor has authority to receive payment of the judgment and enter satisfaction thereof, where there is no general guardian, especially in view of Bal. Code, § 4766, providing that attorneys may receive payment, and acknowledge satisfaction, of judgments.</p> <p>Judgments — Against Municipality — Satisfaction—Statutes— Construction. Bal. Code, § 5676, prescribing the method of satisfying judgments against a municipality, and providing for the issuance of an order for the amount of the judgment “in favor of the party for whom the same was given” does not require that the order be made to the judgment creditor; but, construed in connection with Bal. Code, § 5676, providing that the attorney may receive payment and satisfy the judgment, authorizes the issuance of an order to the attorney of the party, and the same operates to discharge the judgment.</p>