New York Supreme Court December 15, 1905 (Audley v. Townsend)

Gaynor, J.:

1. The law of Wisconsin is, as proved on the trial, that in the case of debts sent from other states to attorneys in that state for collection, the attorney has the authority to indemnify the sheriff for his clients in order to induce him to levy (Clark v. Randall, 9 Wis. 135). The defendants were therefore indemnitors of the plaintiff.

The law is the contrary in this state (Welsh v.