Wells v. Edwards House & City Railway Co.

Citations

• 96 Miss. 191
• 50 So. 628

Syllabus

<p>1. Cause op Action. Assignment in part. Personal injuries. Survivor of.</p> <p>A cause of action for personal injuries will survive the death of the' party to whom it has accrued, and may be assigned in whole or in part.</p> <p>2. Same. Settlements. Knowledge of assignment. Effect.</p> <p>An assignment of a share in a cause of action for personal injuries transfers to the assignee an interest in prcesenti in whatever sum may be ascertained to have been due thereon to the assignor, either by suit or settlement; and where the person liable to the action knows of such an assignment he cannot wholly escape liability by payment to the assignor.</p>