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68 N.H. 356

39 A 329

Pollard v. Pollard

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided June 5, 1895

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1895-06-05

Foreign Attachment. Pacts found by the court. In 1894, the defendant and Eaymond M. Pollard jointly contracted to erect a sehoolhouse for the Lempster School District, agreeing between themselves to share the profits and losses of the contract equally. The district acted by its building committee, consisting of three persons, of whom Arthur L. Benway was one. May 3, 1894, the defendant gave the claimant an order as follows: “ Lempster, May 3d, 1894.

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Decided 1895-06-05

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Chase, J.

¶1 The order was, in effect, an equitable assignment, by Rolon 1). and Raymond M. Pollard to the claimant, of a part of their claim against the Lempster School District. Conway v. Cutting, 51 N. H. 407; Garland v. Harrington, 51 N. H. 409. Although it is addressed to Benway personally, and is signed by Rolon only, and directs the charging of the sum mentioned to his account, the circumstances show that all parties understood it referred to the money that would become due to the Pollards jointly from the district upon the completion of their contract. Benway was one of the three members of the district’s building committee, and it appears from the form of his acceptance of the order that he acted in that capacity. So far as appears, he was not personally indebted to the Pollards or either of them. Raymond’s oral consent to the order was a valid transfer of his interest in the subject of the assignment. Thompson v. Emery, 27 N. H. 269; Brewer v. Franklin Mills, 42 N. H. 292; Jordan v. Gillen, 44 N. H. 424, 427; Pierce v. Insurance Co., 50 N. H. 297; Gage v. Dow, 59 N. H. 383; Brown v. Mansur, 64 N. H. 39. The question whether Benway was authorized to bind the district by án acceptance need not be considered, for an acceptance is not required to make the order operate as an equitable assignment. Garland v. Harrington, supra. The assignment was good as against the plaintiff', even if the district did not have sufficient notice of it before the plaintiff’s writ was served. Such assignments are upheld in law, as well as in eqirity, against subsequent attachments. Gerrish v. Clough, 36 N. H. 519, 524; Chapman v. Haley, 43 N. H. 300, 306; Brown v. Mansur, supra.

¶2 Exception overruled.

All concurred.
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