Meriden Hydro-Carbon Arc Light Co. v. Anderson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
He. Justice Baker
delivered the opinion of the court.
The case turns upon the question whether the attorney of appellant corporation in the Superior Court had implied authority when the case was reached for trial to consent to a judgment against his client. ' In People v. Lamborn, 1 Scam. 123, which was a rule on defendant to show cause why his name should not be stricken from the roll of attorneys, it was said: “ The court is of opinion that a lawyer employed to defend a suit is not authorized to consent to the entry of a judgment against his client without his assent.”
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