In re Hart

Scott, J.:

The respondent, an attorney of this court, was charged upon the complaint of a client with improper and unprofessional conduct. The matter was sent to a referee who found and reported that these charges were not sustained by the evidence, The referee, however, found and so reported that it had appeared from the evidence taken before him that the respondent, having brought an action for one Evelyn ¡Reed, as guardian ad litem for her sister Charlotte Reed, effected a settlement of said action without having obtained the permission of the court, and that having instituted a civil…