Henriques v. Vaccaro

MOISE, Justice.

Plaintiff, an attorney-at-law, is appealing from an adverse judgment in the district court, holding that he was estopped from prosecuting his claim for the balance allegedly due under a contingent fee contract with Lucas J. Vaccaro, by virtue of having previously had certified a check tendered by Vaccaro in full settlement of said fee.

The record discloses the following facts:

On October 8, 1946, Henriques agreed to represent Lucas J. Vaccaro in the latter’s controversy with other stockholders of Tropical Ice Company, Inc., in which defendant was attempting (1) to prevent an…