Court Opinion

ID: 9826157
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:26:44.942155+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:41:53.727749
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Gage.
I dissent from the judgment of the Court. The master found that the plaintiff was guilty of fraud in bringing the action; and the Court did not reverse that finding. The Court found the plaintiff had no right to sue, and should have accepted the tender.
The master reported that “the $270 claimed to have been tendered by the plaintiff and claimed to have been paid into Court was in fact received by me as master as an officer of the Court as a payment of the money into Court.” The master further reported that he “voluntarily” paid the money back to the defendant’s attorney.
The defendant, therefore, has not failed in the performance of any duty. The plaintiff has abandoned his right, and is not entitled now to set up a lien.