In re the Judicial Settlement of Accounts, Estate of Ford

Cohalan, S.

This is an application to compel the judicial settlement of an account. The petitioner is a resident of the state of Maryland and the petition is signed and verified hy the petitioner’s attorneys. The court is urged to accept and file the petition without any further evidence of the attorneys’ authority than is contained in the verification of the petition.

It has been decided that “ appearances ” includes the act of an attorney in prosecuting an action or proceeding on behalf of his client. -(Davis v.' Jones, 8 Civ. Pro. 43.) It is well settled also that by the appearance of an…