GandelL  .vol.  12,  p.  825

3.  In  equity,  there  may  be  a  valid  assign-
ment of  ninds  or  property  to  be  subse-
quently acquired,  even  in  cases  where
the  acquisition  depends  on  contingencies
and  possibilities  only.
A  railway  company  was  indebted  to  J.,
their  engineer,  wno  was  greatly  indebted
to  his  banker.  The  latter  bavins  pressed
for  payment  or  security,  A,,  by  letter  to
the  solicitors  of  the  company,  authorized
them  to  receive  the  money  due  to  him
from  the  railway  company,  and  requested
them  to  pay  it  to  the  banker.  The  soli-
citors, by  letter,  promised  the  banker  to
pay  him  such  money  on  receiving  it.
Held,  that  this  did  not  amount  to  an
equitable  assignment,  and  the  solicitors
having  received  the  amount  and  paid  it
over  to  A. :  held,  secondly,  that  this  was
no  more  than  a  promise  or  undertaking,
for  which  the  solicitors  might  possibly  be
responsible  at  law,  but  that  the  remedy
was  not  in  equity.     Ibid.
