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.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-264
(1949 Rev., S. 8596; P.A. 00-99, S. 119, 154.)
State of facts not within 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.