Sonnebom & Co. v. Moore Bros.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint on account. Before Judge Smith. Marion supe-rior court. October term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
1. An attorney at law charged with the collection of a claim being a special agent for this purpose, and being expressly forbidden by law from receiving anything in discharge of a client’s claim but the full amount in cash, one who undertakes to settle with an attorney an account in his hands for collection for a sum less than is due thereon must, at his peril, ascertain that the attorney is authorized to make such a compromise.:2. In the trial of the present case the court erred in rejecting pertinent testimony offered by the plaintiffs for the purpose of showing expressly that their former…
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