279 F. 795 | D.C. Cir. | 1922
Appeal from a judgment in the Supreme Court of the District sustaining appellees’ demurrer to appellant’s plea in abatement to appellees’ writ of scire facias.
On March 18, 1901, the appellees and Allen B. Stevenson obtained a judgment in the court of common pleas of Allegheny county, Pa., for $920, interest and cost’s. An examination of the record in that case discloses that the action was for “services rendered as attorneys” by the plaintiffs. The answer therein filed recognized the character of the services for which compensation was sought, namely, that the plaintiffs were attorneys who together had represented the defendant, appellant here, in a professional capacity.
The original plaintiffs, on September 23, 1901, filed a suit in the court below, declaring upon the Pennsylvania judgment, and on January 24, 1902, obtained judgment. On December 4, 1908, a scire facias issued upon which, on January 6, 1909, a fiat was entered. On December 22, 1920, a further writ of scire facias was issued, to which appellant interposed his plea in abatement, on the ground that since the issuance of the first writ Stevenson had died.
It is the contention of appellant “that the proper construction to be placed upon the matter is that three plaintiffs, by the scire facias, asserted that a right of action had accrued to them within the meaning of section 235 of the Code,” and that “the right of action, if any, was
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Affirmed.