Union Camp Corporation v. James E. Dyal, Jr., and John M. Murrell, Additional Leon A. Wilson, Ii, Third Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:
An old saw recites that a bad settlement is better than a good law suit. At age 76, J. Edgar Dyal questions this folk wisdom, and seeks to avoid a stipulation that he expressly authorized his lawyers to sign on his behalf and on behalf of the other defendants, his wife and children and certain other persons who are contingent remaindermen of inter vivos trusts created by him. His wife and children disavow the agreement, Dyal’s power to consent to it, and their lawyers’ authority to sign it. Four contingent remaindermen of an inter vivos trust created by Dyal,…
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