Sec. 53-264. Maintenance.
Sec. 53-264. Maintenance. Each attorney, state marshal or constable, who, with
intent to make gain by the fees of collection, purchases and sues upon any choses in
action, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8596; P.A. 00-99, S. 119, 154.)
History: P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000.
State of facts not within this section. 14 C. 23. Cited. 77 C. 461. Attorney may purchase judgment and sue thereon. 85
C. 267. Common law as to maintenance never adopted in this state as applied to civil actions. 100 C. 110; 106 C. 70.